https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2513663651168/next-covid-strain-could-kill-many-more-warn-scientists-ahead-of-england-restrictions-ending?_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MTA5NDAxMzE1LTE2NDQ3MTg5NTIyMzY=&pd=07P2HL0D&hl=en_US
" David Nabarro, a special envoy on Covid-19 for the World Health Organization, also highlighted the uncertainty of how future variants might behave: “There will be more variants after Omicron and if they are more transmissible they will dominate. In addition, they may cause different patterns of illness, in other words they may turn out to be more lethal or have more long-term consequences.”
Nabarro urged authorities to continue to plan for the possibility that there will be surges in numbers of people who are ill and need hospital care. “It would be prudent to encourage people to protect themselves and others consistently. An approach that does not do this would be a gamble with potentially severe consequences. I cannot see any upsides to such a gamble. The pandemic has a long way to go and – as is the case since it started – people and their leaders will influence its long-term impact through actions they take now.”
The warnings came as charities and teachers called for England’s chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser to offer a public explanation of the plan, unveiled in parliament last week, to lift all Covid restrictions – including the requirement to isolate after testing positive – in England from Thursday 24 February. "
Anons we must keep the pressure on Fraudchi ..
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2513663651168/next-covid-strain-could-kill-many-more-warn-scientists-ahead-of-england-restrictions-ending?_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MTA5NDAxMzE1LTE2NDQ3MTg5NTIyMzY=&pd=07P2HL0D&hl=en_US
" David Nabarro, a special envoy on Covid-19 for the World Health Organization, also highlighted the uncertainty of how future variants might behave: “There will be more variants after Omicron and if they are more transmissible they will dominate. In addition, they may cause different patterns of illness, in other words they may turn out to be more lethal or have more long-term consequences.”
Nabarro urged authorities to continue to plan for the possibility that there will be surges in numbers of people who are ill and need hospital care. “It would be prudent to encourage people to protect themselves and others consistently. An approach that does not do this would be a gamble with potentially severe consequences. I cannot see any upsides to such a gamble. The pandemic has a long way to go and – as is the case since it started – people and their leaders will influence its long-term impact through actions they take now.”
The warnings came as charities and teachers called for England’s chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser to offer a public explanation of the plan, unveiled in parliament last week, to lift all Covid restrictions – including the requirement to isolate after testing positive – in England from Thursday 24 February. "
Anons we must keep the pressure on Fraudchi ..
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