The Covid thread

[darrsi]

[quote author=mtread link=topic=26604.msg326094#msg326094 date=1623623252]
The Alpha variant originating in Kent led to our infection rate soaring, causing a second wave, which we 'exported' all round Europe
There is no point us, or any other country pointing the finger. We're all in this together.

We dont know it originated in this country or any other country, its just it was first detected in larger numbers in Kent. For all we know it could have come over on a rubber dingy from Calais or via Bristol/Berlin/Brighton/anywhere. This is one of the reasons that have now renamed it the Alpha variant and the "Indian variant" is now known as the Delta variant. Too much finger pointing and blaming other places.

Personally, I stall blame the Chinese :pokefun
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Same as the Spanish Flu, it was definitely not started in Spain. They were the ones who had free reign to report on it, due to having no involvement in WW1, whereas most other countries had a total media ban.