Does this have any impact on vaccinations?
Like the South African variant, first detected in Ireland last month, the Brazilian strain includes a key mutation, called E484K, which may help the virus evade antibodies, part of the immune system. Ongoing studies suggest some of the current vaccines – which were designed around the earlier strains of the coronavirus – may offer less protection against the new more transmissible strains, but research is continuing.
Also, experts say that existing vaccines can be tweaked – within weeks or months in cases – to adapt to new mutations of the coronavirus. Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn said further studies are required to determine whether the Brazilian variant “is likely to have an impact on vaccine effectiveness or infection severity.
fuck the brazilian variant, lets go back to work , and normality, lets get out of here, im done,
How Trumpian this article. 'Chinese', 'Brazilian', 'South African'... People fly here cause they live here. You cant stop residents (taxpayers) to enter. Stop all flights, period.
Covidinhno
Experts are worried that the flu season is coming to an end, not enough excuse to keep this shit-show going, so are following example of UK and using nonsense science to ramp up the fear and keep control of the masses.
Somebody told me that it's something to do with a smooth runway.
And why was nothing done at the airports with people travelling from Brazil? Now they're appealing to people who traveled from Brazil recently to contact their GP. We should know where they are already.
Mandatory quarantine at home is not quarantine. Ppl allowed to leave the airport and take public transport to wherever they like. We were told all along that international travel accounts for a very small number of cases - lies. We'll be punished with lockdown for this though.
Experts such Greta)))