Maybe it is time for some calm assessment of what has happened. A short thread. https://twitter.com/ABridgen/status/1340955140459802626
1) The border closures we have seen temporarily seems to be based largely on UK government information. That led the UK government to drastic measures in the UK. Is @ABridgen alleging the government of lying? If so, he should come out and say that, but he better has proof.
2) What the government said is that the mutated virus spreads more easily. This alone makes it more dangerous. Why? Because one of the greatest risks of corona is overburdening health systems. More spread, greater risk.
3) The measure taken is a temporary one. It is, now, time to assess what risks there are, how to mitigate the risks and ensure that traffic keeps flowing. Is all of this dramatic? Yes. But It is also what was to be expected.
4) There is a lot of "the government is overdramatizing" stuff out there. We have nothing to support that claim. Except "everyone is overreacting" tweets. Until we have more data, I am not ready to believe the government is lying to us.
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