Indian variant - Is anyone else incredulous at Boris yet again having shut the stable door after the horse has bolted?!

No. Come to expect it. Boris babes will talk about “hindsight” etc.

Sorry Boris supporters not babes, slip of the finger and unnecessarily rude.

Not surprised, just his normal lack of leadership and decision making.

I feel exasperated as we are an island, we should have shut all borders.

No, I am incredulous at all the criminally stupid people who thought it was all right to fly to India knowing the pandemic was raging there, and then considered it was equally all right to return to Britain with a good chance of carrying the disease.
I am also incredulous at the number of people in the Bolton area who have steadfastly refused to take the vaccine, and are having to be persuaded to accept it.

Sadly, I'm not remotely surprised at this latest wrecklessness and incompetence.

I am very, very angry.

I'm soooo annoyed---selfishly, because I'm thinking of myself for once, in that having only had the one vaccination which made me so ill, and because of rank carelessness over our non-closure of borders/ airports etc, I'm torn between having/risking being ill again for a month by having a second jab or being " confined to barracks " for weeks to come.

I'm not a person to be forced to do anything I don't want to do but it annoys me that because of someone else's carelessness in not looking far enough ahead or studying pandemics that were all told to vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate.
It's not my fault that the virus entered the country !
Sorry, but I'm furious and would have closed off this small island of ours for 12 months !!

I think that the risk is exaggerated because the PM and his scientific advisers are terrified at losing their hold over the public.

The prospect of getting to September with no proper opportunity to enjoy the summer is very depressing.

The new variants certainly highlight the need to get on and vaccinate the under 30s as fast as possible, and to further encourage the vaccine hesitant, but what is the sense in double-jabbing people and then expecting them to behave as though they had never been jabbed at all? Not much.

Do we want the police on the streets and fines all over again.? No.

eazybee

No, I am incredulous at all the criminally stupid people who thought it was all right to fly to India knowing the pandemic was raging there, and then considered it was equally all right to return to Britain with a good chance of carrying the disease.
I am also incredulous at the number of people in the Bolton area who have steadfastly refused to take the vaccine, and are having to be persuaded to accept it.

Tend to agree with you on this
If people were coming back from India before the hotel restrictions came into place then as uk citizens they should have been responsible and self isolated and tested as required
The vaccination rate is particularly low in the areas of Bolton affected around 46% I read this in a local Bolton newspaper

The reason for the high rise of cases in Bolton is that the Indian or whatever community weren't coming forward to be vaccinated because they were scared so refused to have the jab.

I live in Bolton...the vaccination roll out,I think,has been really good...the amount of people refusing to have the vaccine is the big problem here!!!!!....plus ,of course,people visiting, then returning here from India...

I am incredulous, no shocked, that passengers arriving from India and other covid hotspots have to queue for hours in the immigration hall at Heathrow cheek by jowl with passengers from everywhere else and can then make their way home on public transport.

Perhaps the people that were scared of having the vaccine might find the idea of catching covid and the virus running riot will change their minds

Yes, I am shocked, stunned and amazed that Boris isn't clairvoyant. It's come as a real surprise to me that Boris cannot see into future.

Lots of comment on twitter 99% critical.

It is clear that yesterday's SAGE meeting was significant.

The Prime Minister has taken the view that the risks of a possible substantial resurgence of hospitalisations - similar to or larger than previous peaks - is worth taking.

That is a political decision.

Dr. Duncan Robertson.

“So in short the Indian variant might mean we don't return to normal for a much longer time. And the Indian variant is here because of Brexit and Boris Johnson's determination to make an eye catching trade deal with India. Well done everyone. Great job.”

This could be Johnson's undoing, and I hope not as it would make all the sacrifices we have all made for so long, more or less in vain. And could threaten the very success of the vaccination programme.
Dangerous times.

Take up of the vaccinations in India is low too, many refusing amid rumours of heart attacks and infertility, Times today.

Playing Devil's Advocate, I wonder what would have happened if Boris had closed the country completely ?

Flowershop very few, if any politicians use forethought.

EllanVannin

Playing Devil's Advocate, I wonder what would have happened if Boris had closed the country completely ?

Flowershop very few, if any politicians use forethought.

Do you mean like New Zealand?

Jaxjacky, in a way I can't blame them for thinking on those lines, it's the unknown and to be on the safe side they're erring on the side of caution. I know how I felt and I was no willing participant for the first jab.

winterwhite

I think that the risk is exaggerated because the PM and his scientific advisers are terrified at losing their hold over the public.

The prospect of getting to September with no proper opportunity to enjoy the summer is very depressing.

The new variants certainly highlight the need to get on and vaccinate the under 30s as fast as possible, and to further encourage the vaccine hesitant, but what is the sense in double-jabbing people and then expecting them to behave as though they had never been jabbed at all? Not much.

Do we want the police on the streets and fines all over again.? No.

In America, people that have had two vaccinations or have proof that they’ve had covid are being allowed to be restriction free. It’s a different approach but one that might take off here at some point but I don’t think we’re at that stage yet. I believe they’re vaccinating much younger people in America too.

Australia mostly closed their borders EllenVannin they have 85 cases of the Indian Variant.
If we’d totally closed ours, I don’t know, I’m sure others have a better idea than me.

* Jaxjacky* I did read in the Aussie news last week that they were aware that there was one person who was carrying the strain but weren't successful in tracking him/ her down.