Those who can see where this is going should do what they can to make sure Britain and America remain beacons of hope.
Britain shines bright when you are far from home. Even more so when the continent is fast sinking into a dystopian nightmare. So it was particularly heartbreaking to hear Boris Johnson, a few days ago, saying that the country needs to have a “national conversation” about vaccine mandates. While he refrained from the topic in his recent televised address, there was an unmistakable sense of foreboding. “We are now facing an emergency” he said and we must “get boosted now to protect our NHS, our freedoms and our way of life.” When asked about his concerns on further restrictions on Channel 4 news yesterday, Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe, said “this happens time and again. We get drawn into these things bit by bit with shifting goalposts.”
The jury is still out on Omicron but
data seem to suggest that while it spreads faster, it is also much
milder than previous strands. In other countries, though, the new variant wasn’t even needed to justify increased restrictions. In Austria for instance, where I
currently live with my family, weeks before the appearance of Omicron
the government had already started to work on the implementation of a
“vaccine mandate” with a deadline of February 1, 2022........But what does “being vaccinated” officially mean? Is it one jab, two shots, a booster?.............To Read More...
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