01-03-2022, 08:59 PM
(01-03-2022, 12:02 PM)Birdman1811 Wrote:(01-02-2022, 07:11 PM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote: I'm also reading some experts suggesting that Lockdown won't make the pandemic any lighter, it will just stretch it out a bit more (which could ease the burden on NHS and other sectors). The problem is that immunity wanes after 10 weeks from the booster, so more of the elderly could end up hospitalised if we stretch it too far.
The policy seems to be to let Omicron spread quickly, as it did in South Africa, and blow it's way through asap. Whether this is the work of a genius or an idiot, only time will tell.
This, very much this.
However I'm not convinced that it was as much planned as dithering and lack of any plan at government level.
The policy seems to be based on what his backbenchers (Covid Recovery Group) tell him he can do.