(12-14-2020, 08:05 PM)Tom Joad Wrote: Why does a huge part of me think that they are shouting this NEW variant from the rooftops to assure Londoners that tier 3 is necessary? The virus will always mutate and has almost certainly been doing so all along.
The cynic in me is inclined to think that Boris regrets his 5-day 'shackles off' promise and now wishes he'd kept his trap shut. It's a recurring problem for him, this need to promise jam tomorrow and risk the chances (high) and consequences (negligible, apparently) of it not materialising.
This Covid variant isn't surprising, nor is it particularly new; mutations were foreseen from the outset. It might be a handy get out clause though, for a man-child conflicted by the need to be popular and the reality of being completely out of his depth.