19 February

Omicron is the most transmissible virus known in our history. A sub-variant of Omicron, BA.2, is now exploding worldwide. It’s thought to be 30-40% more transmissible again, than BA.1 (our current sub-variant). And studies are suggesting it may be as severe as Delta, the most lethal of all the variants. This is an arm’s race, and we’re losing. Allowing the virus to spread, to ‘live with’ it, is what causes this. It gives the virus trillions of chances every day to practise beating the vaccine, in vaccinated people. Politicians won’t tell you this. All of our vaccines will have waned before winter, and there’s no plan B.