Professor Gupta tells Julia Hartley Brewer: Lockdown is lethal

Cases of the Omicron variant in the UK are soon expected to be higher than in some African countries placed on the travel red list, a scientist has warned. Professor Tim Spector said early data suggests cases of the coronavirus mutation are doubling every two days, putting it on course to overtake some of the 11 countries from where travellers to the UK are now required to quarantine to try to stymie community transmission. New rules came into force in the early hours of Tuesday, requiring all travellers to take a pre-departure test before heading to England. They will not be able to travel if they test positive. But Theoretical Epidemiology Prof Sunetra Gupta says the new variant is not a threat: "We should protect the vulnerable. That's what we should have done to begin with. Lockdown is lethal in many regards." https://www.nhsvaccinefacts.com/infor... https://www.who.int/emergencies/disea...