With the Delta variant surging, questions about how to control infections, especially in children, are as urgent as ever
At the start of the pandemic, the ideal path – for those countries able to control their frontiers – was elimination of the virus within their borders pending the arrival of vaccines and treatments.
The UK didn’t make that choice – and it has paid the price in ways we know all too well. However, we’re now in a different phase, with highly effective and safe vaccines allowing us to work towards population immunity through inoculation rather than natural infection. We also find ourselves in the position of being a Petri dish for the latest variant, Delta, and how vaccines hold up against it. So far the signs are hopeful – but since the protection offered by one dose of the vaccine is much lower, there’s every incentive to get as many people double-jabbed as quickly as possible.
