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I agree that it's undoubtedly already in France (maybe I'm wrong but I don't think the French are claiming that it's not either), but why does that mean it's futile to try and stop even more of it being brought in?
I've no idea why it wasn't being done for the lesser transmitted version, perhaps because they thought that asking people to quarantine on arrival was enough to contain it. The Netherlands was the first to ban travel from UK, and I can tell you anecdotally that until last week there was still tourists arriving from UK and clearly not quarantining. If they've got this new strain then it would vastly increase the amount of people they could potentially infect.
Identified doesn't necessarily mean fully understood.
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Because the rate at which it will spread internally is exponential. Closing the border is too late for this variant.
It has existed since at least September. What is understood about it and when is irrelevant. I’m not sure why you seem to be bringing this in to discussion?
Anyway the SA one looks like it’ll overtake our Kent one.
GoatandTricycle
When I say previously I mean for the lesser transmitted version.
It was identified in Sept it’s been growing since. To think it’s not already in France spreading is ridiculous.