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But perhaps it was necessary to get it done politically

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2020-12-10 07:26 Andrew Rambaut open

The response to seeing 12 patients with 4 spike mutations perhaps was a bit rash...
2020-12-10 07:27 Andrew Rambaut open

And that is a pretty grim picture
2020-12-10 07:43 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, they really didn't handle that well... That said, the culling was absolutely the right thing to do IMO.
2020-12-10 07:46 Andrew Rambaut open

I do agree. But using the 'scary' spike mutation as a reason was not good.
2020-12-10 07:46 Andrew Rambaut

But perhaps it was necessary to get it done politically
2020-12-10 07:47 Kristian G. Andersen open

Yeah, that was really dumb. To be honest though - I think it was the only way they could get the politicians to wakeup, so they used it as an excuse.
2020-12-10 07:47 Kristian G. Andersen open

Hah. There you go :wink:
2020-12-10 07:48 Andrew Rambaut open

I remember when the UK banned mink farming. There was generally widespread support for getting rid of it.
2020-12-10 07:48 Andrew Rambaut open

But just because it was a shit industry supplying posh people