The Australian Government Needs to Follow the Lead of South Africa on Covid Omicron By Brian Simpson
Two items to be covered here. First, the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee, has recommended that the Covid mandates, including tracing and quarantining those who have come into contact with Omicron, be dropped as these measures are not stopping the rapid spread of the disease. Omicron, while highly contagious, is generally mild in its effects, and acquiring natural immunity is the best approach, perhaps the only one. As detailed in a second item, scientists have proposed that the existing vaccines are inadequate against Omicron anyway. Pfizer has said that it will have a new vaccine ready by march. Well, we are waiting, and the viral clock is ticking away!
