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Emboldening the biosecurity state
Jan 2
Written By Jamie Walden
It is depressing to have Covid regulations in the UK for the first time
in 10 months.
The Government has announced the imposition of its first Covid
regulations since March 2022. Travellers from China are now required to
produce a negative test result for the virus before arriving into
Britain. This follows similar moves made by other nations, including the
United States.
Millions of people in the UK have Covid already, according to the Office
for National Statistics. Virtually every Briton has had the virus before (probably multiple times), had several vaccine doses, or a combination
of both. We have a high level of immunity across the nation.
Since we last had restrictions of any kind, now almost a year ago, there
have been three waves of Covid. Barely anybody even noticed them. We
moved on after the Omicron scaremongering flopped last winter and
exposed the forces of ‘public health’ for the sham they were.
The variants have become milder overall, and any new strains will really
need to be significantly different to evade our existing immunity. Not
to mention the fact that the variants circulating in China are not novel.
So, why the new rule?
As Chris Smyth and Steven Swinford of The Times have reported, the
decision is a political one.
It is intended to “put more pressure on China” and “stand side by side with allies”, mainly, of course, the Americans. The UK Government and
its partners wish to send a message about transparency (true infection
levels in China, which variants are circulating, and so on).
It is depressing to have Covid regulations in the UK for the first time
in 10 months. As the ‘diaries’ of Matt Hancock recently revealed, politicised decision making has been routine during the pandemic. For
instance, children were masked in England to compete with the devolved
Scottish Government. The move against travellers from China appears to
be another example.
While it is unlikely to mutate into much more at a state level, it will embolden the biosecurity authoritarians in our nation. You may have
already been told you cannot visit loved ones in hospital or a care home
again. You may find your optician, dentist, or veterinarian insists you
shroud you face when you see them. And a country that had virtually
forgotten the ‘C word’ will now be talking about it again, for no
sensible reason.
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