further than that, you could. fire evacuation offices do theirjob, why not have them trained up as a vaccinator as well, so in the fourth, fifth or sixth jab may be required, you have the facility backed up by a dedicated wing of the armed forces trained to do this? that takes the nation with us to show that we have a plan in place, rather than the stop start, on the bus come off the bus approach we seem to be going through right now. it is important that politicians take the public with them, as you say, especially on an issue as serious as dealing with this pandemic. many people would say that the reason that people do not want to do what the government are saying because of those questions of our parties at downing street last christmas. but my question to you is, why are you not trusting the prime minister on this? why are you not trusting when he says these will be proportionate measures that presumably will be time limited when there is more data and hopefully
movement use putting any restrictions around movement because the virus is everywhere and, you know, maybe in a way we need to learn how to live with this, way we need to learn how to live with this, as this becomes endemic going with this, as this becomes endemic going forward, you need to get as much going forward, you need to get as much people, you know, if they are infected. much people, you know, if they are infected, boosted antibodies, as well as infected, boosted antibodies, as well as getting the posters themselves. well as getting the posters themselves. . . well as getting the posters themselves. . , themselves. that is the south african gp themselves. that is the south african gp talking themselves. that is the south african gp talking about - themselves. that is the south african gp talking about their i african gp talking about their findings, the data they are gathering on the omicron variant of covid i9 there. that follows on from some reports earlier to
omicron cases versus delta cases. what is it like in bexley? it is still dominated what is it like in bexley? it is still dominated by what is it like in bexley? it 3 still dominated by delta at this point in time, so even before omicron came into the picture, basically, the case writes were escalating quite significantly. so that has been driving the local picture in bexley, we are seeing about 200 cases of the delta variant every day at this point in time. for omicron, we had a report yesterday that we had 50 cases, a combination of confirmed and probable, and with the doubling rates that are being estimated, so 2 3 days, by the end of this week or early next week, it will become the dominant strain in bexley too. will become the dominant strain in bexle too. will become the dominant strain in bexley too- will become the dominant strain in bexley too. so in a matter of days, ou think bexley too. so in a matter of days, you think based bexley too. so in a matter of days, you th
the next few weeks will lead to a surge in hospital admissions, even though there is some protection by vaccination and possibly a slight change in the pattern of disease thatis change in the pattern of disease that is being caused by this new variant. so that is being caused by this new variant. ,., that is being caused by this new variant. ~ , ., ., ., variant. so some mps who are voting auainst variant. so some mps who are voting against some variant. so some mps who are voting against some of variant. so some mps who are voting against some of the variant. so some mps who are voting against some of the measures - variant. so some mps who are voting against some of the measures that l against some of the measures that are due to be voted on in the house of commons later on today are saying that the data from south africa leads them to think that, for example, vaccine passports are a step too far. but you are under no illusions, from what you are saying, that the pressure on the
the study looked at more than 200,000 positive covid test results in a three week period of which almost 80,000 are suspected to be omicron cases. one caveat, there was a not confirmed omicron cases, but they say it does appear to be offering good protection against severe disease and hospitalisation. we can talk about that a little bit more, about those preliminary findings from that large scale study in south africa. professor peter openshaw is an immunologist at imperial college london, and a member of the uk vaccine network, speaking in personal capacity. thank you forjoining us today. pleasure. thank you for “oining us today. pleasure. ., . ., , thank you for “oining us today. pleasure. ., . ., pleasure. how much how could you take, ifi pleasure. how much how could you take, if i can pleasure. how much how could you take. ifi can put pleasure. how much how could you take, ifi can put it pleasure. how much how could you take, if i can put it this pleasure. how much ho