Tuesday, June 15, 2021

UK Prepare For 'Substantial Third Wave'


Govt Scientific Adviser Warns UK Is Heading For ‘Substantial Third Wave’




The expert warned that a third wave of covid is approaching as the highly transmissible Indian variant continues to proliferate.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has already announced a four-week delay to the end of restrictions, as many had already anticipated. So, July 19! That’s not so bad! But wait, will four weeks be enough to deal with the ‘substantial third wave’?

Breitbart reports: Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday, Professor Andrew Hayward of the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) said: “I think it’s now very clear that we will have a substantial third wave of infections.

“The really big question is how much that wave of infections is going to translate into hospitalisations. The fact that we’ve got 55 per cent of the adult population double vaccinated means that this would be substantially less than it could have been. But we still don’t know exactly how bad it would be.”

Asked if he thought there was any chance that the UK would lift all restrictions as Prime Minister Boris Johnson had planned by June 21st, Professor Hayward said: “I think if we were to open up more, that would just really fan the flames and lead to this increasing even faster…

“I think we’ve got to be really cautious because there is a substantial chance we could have a wave of hospitalisations that could put very substantial pressure on the NHS at a time that it’s really trying to deal with the enormous backlog of cases of people waiting for hospital care.”

A senior government source told The Telegraph: “The message has always been cautious but irreversible. That has been our mantra throughout and that continues.

“It would be far worse to have uncertainty and go backwards. It is better to be cautious and have certainty. It is one last heave. It is a straight race between the vaccine and the virus.”





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