I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but part of me is sure the new UK strain is not actually more transmissible, but the BoJo government needs an excuse for the current out-of-control outbreak in the UK that isn't, "We let it happen."
I think at this point there are too many credible people from the disease world saying "this might be more transmissible" for that to be the case. Two weeks ago I might have said this was a possibility but I think as we've learned more it has become clear there is something credible here, if perhaps a bit less disastrous than initially reported. Maybe hyping it up was a desperation move, though. I couldn't really speculate as to the motives of the Johnson government.
I didn't mean to imply that it actually is a conspiracy. I was just confessing to a temptation to fall into the conspiratorial mindset. I know about the flaws there, but I'm not immune to the human tendency either.
I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but part of me is sure the new UK strain is not actually more transmissible, but the BoJo government needs an excuse for the current out-of-control outbreak in the UK that isn't, "We let it happen."
I think at this point there are too many credible people from the disease world saying "this might be more transmissible" for that to be the case. Two weeks ago I might have said this was a possibility but I think as we've learned more it has become clear there is something credible here, if perhaps a bit less disastrous than initially reported. Maybe hyping it up was a desperation move, though. I couldn't really speculate as to the motives of the Johnson government.
I didn't mean to imply that it actually is a conspiracy. I was just confessing to a temptation to fall into the conspiratorial mindset. I know about the flaws there, but I'm not immune to the human tendency either.
I think that's a very good sign of self-awareness on your part.