I think we may need to go further.
I think it is a big logistical exercise to do that and it is not going to be possible to do it overnight anyway. But I think the real question is buying us enough time, and we don’t know which countries these variants are arising in.
We have much better genomic sequencing in this country than in most other countries – in fact, any other country – so we are better at tracing these things than other places.
But I think we just have to be very cautious, because if we can get this vaccine distribution up to sufficient levels, we can really cut down the transmission in this country and transform the battle against the virus.
If we do have to go further, I hope it would only have to be for a temporary period.
