Originally Posted by
lisvaneblue
Let's go back to January 2020 when it kicked off in UK with two Chinese visitors in a hotel in York. A new virus, people had no natural protection to it ( no antibodies) it was deadly. Things have moved on in 2 years and while new variants may seem to have the potential to be more deadly when examined in the laboratory, we are now able to fight back from a position of strength...96% population have antibodies, vaccines, antivirals, steroids, overall better understanding of how to manage the virus etc.
The evidence indicates that transmission is easier but as individuals we can handle it better so the illness appears milder. I see no reason to believe that this will change. It's not wishful thinking it's what has happened to viruses in the past and Covid is highly unlikely to be different.
What does worry me is the ability of politicians to continue to impose a varying range of restrictions on our lives according to which part of the UK we live in, as if the virus itself acts differently in, for example Wales than it does in England, and their reluctance to let people get on with their lives and make their own choices about how they protect themselves against the virus.