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Indian Covid Variant
The new variant is causing a big increase in new cases and deaths in India. There are calls for India to be added to the red list of countries where it is forbidden to travel.
Boris Johnson is flying to India at the end of the month for talks (which presumably could be done over Zoom instead).
Surely he MUST cancel this junket ?
Boris Johnson is flying to India at the end of the month for talks (which presumably could be done over Zoom instead).
Surely he MUST cancel this junket ?
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i suspect trade talks is not something that could be concluded in a few hours, and a videocall meeting of anything more that 3 hours will do your head in. plus, although both Boris and his hosts share a common spoken language, unspoken communication, gestures, emphasis, all tend to get lost unless both sides are exactly on the same wavelength.
India is not the only country to be having serious problems with the virus.There are lots of worrying situations regarding Covid all over the world.One in particular is the number of babies and young children dying in Brazil.Then there is Chile where despite an excellent vaccination programme they are now experiencing a massive surge in new cases.
No, unless absolutely necessary he should not cancel this, and it certainly is no junket.
Numbers seem very high but you have to remember the population on India is 1.4 Bn. I doubt they know what the true figures are one way or another, communication outside the cities is extremely poor as is medical treatment.
Numbers seem very high but you have to remember the population on India is 1.4 Bn. I doubt they know what the true figures are one way or another, communication outside the cities is extremely poor as is medical treatment.
well he has had it remember
and been vaccinated - so yes he can go
who cares if he gets it again?
The question misses the point - what do we in dear old Blighty do about the indian variant
(lots of technical points coming up boys and girls - put your gas masks on!)
It is variant B.1.617 Indian variant - and the big question since we do 50% of analyses, is it important
they had R4 Dr sensible who was NOT on Sage or Nervtag
and the points he made were
1) you do challenge expts ( one being done now ) very slow
2) vaccine experiments even longer term
3) molec analysis - The Prof was hot on that but we havent heard from him in a few weeks. - and then ask an intellect what shape shifter this sends the virus into - the prof that is. The important one is the binding site ( smaller: RBD receptor binding domain) and whether this has changed. And whether the changes mean - - - vaccine escape!
4) look at virus infection returns and model
and he basically said the jury is still out on that
THEN we had a SAGE fella who was "speaking personally" and HE said a) I godda be a tenured prof
b) I need lots and lots of techies paid for by the govt
c ) I need a jolly big computer to keep up wiv fings
d) I need badly a visit to the palace, a pay rise, and pesions and my onw readio show
and the hack burbled, how fascinating, yes yes very clear.....
have fun
and been vaccinated - so yes he can go
who cares if he gets it again?
The question misses the point - what do we in dear old Blighty do about the indian variant
(lots of technical points coming up boys and girls - put your gas masks on!)
It is variant B.1.617 Indian variant - and the big question since we do 50% of analyses, is it important
they had R4 Dr sensible who was NOT on Sage or Nervtag
and the points he made were
1) you do challenge expts ( one being done now ) very slow
2) vaccine experiments even longer term
3) molec analysis - The Prof was hot on that but we havent heard from him in a few weeks. - and then ask an intellect what shape shifter this sends the virus into - the prof that is. The important one is the binding site ( smaller: RBD receptor binding domain) and whether this has changed. And whether the changes mean - - - vaccine escape!
4) look at virus infection returns and model
and he basically said the jury is still out on that
THEN we had a SAGE fella who was "speaking personally" and HE said a) I godda be a tenured prof
b) I need lots and lots of techies paid for by the govt
c ) I need a jolly big computer to keep up wiv fings
d) I need badly a visit to the palace, a pay rise, and pesions and my onw readio show
and the hack burbled, how fascinating, yes yes very clear.....
have fun
