Re:Why is India having a Covid-19 surge?
by roenxi on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:52PM
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Absolutely. But the article (via footnote 12) is talking about how there are variants of Indian origin being detected in the UK. There is the paragraph:
> Two more cases of the Variant of Concern VOC-21JAN-02 (P.1) have been identified in England – one in the West Midlands and one in Haringey, London.
When the varient crosses a border, it is highly likely it will cross by plane or boat. The worst case outcome is mass lockdowns. I have some faith that it is easier to detect COVID on sea voyages because it is slower and I assume less volume of people, but air travel is a different story. What are the risk-rewards of this air travel?
In 2020 I faced things like being forbidden from leaving my home & my parents potentially dying (they didn't). These were issues faced on a mass scale. I'd like to know how important all this globetrotting is relative to those pain points.
I suppose I'm open to shutting down passenger travel by boat if the numbers are there.
> Two more cases of the Variant of Concern VOC-21JAN-02 (P.1) have been identified in England – one in the West Midlands and one in Haringey, London.
When the varient crosses a border, it is highly likely it will cross by plane or boat. The worst case outcome is mass lockdowns. I have some faith that it is easier to detect COVID on sea voyages because it is slower and I assume less volume of people, but air travel is a different story. What are the risk-rewards of this air travel?
In 2020 I faced things like being forbidden from leaving my home & my parents potentially dying (they didn't). These were issues faced on a mass scale. I'd like to know how important all this globetrotting is relative to those pain points.
I suppose I'm open to shutting down passenger travel by boat if the numbers are there.