Omicron and the logic of testing
Britain ponders an end to free lateral-flow tests. America is just starting
ON DECEMBER 29TH Britain recorded 246,215 cases of covid-19, a number more than three times higher than the previous peak, a year ago. If Britain’s level of immunity was the same as in the winter of 2020, when almost no one had been vaccinated, this number of cases would constitute a new order of disaster. Many thousands of people would be dying every day. But thanks to vaccination, they are not. The share who die after testing positive for covid-19 is now roughly a twentieth of what it was last winter.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Look away”
Britain January 15th 2022
- Boris Johnson’s career of rule-breaking runs into crisis
- Expensive energy is baked into Britain’s future
- Omicron and the logic of testing
- Non-religious celebrants are leading more of England’s funerals
- Britain still has a few patches of rainforest, which need help
- Vanguard’s big push into financial advice
- What did you expect from Boris Johnson?
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