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LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tighter restrictions Wednesday to stem the spread of the omicron variant, urging people in England to again work from home and mandating COVID-19 passes for entrance into nightclubs and large events.

Johnson said it was time to impose stricter measures to prevent a spike of hospitalizations and deaths as the new coronavirus variant spreads rapidly in the community.

"It has become increasingly clear that omicron is growing much faster than the previous delta variant and is spreading rapidly all around the world," he said in a press conference. "Most worryingly, there is evidence that the doubling time of omicron could currently be between two and three days."

Johnson said 568 cases of the omicron variant have been confirmed so far across the U.K., and "the true number is certain to be much higher."

He said while there wasn't yet comprehensive data on how dangerous omicron is, rising hospitalization rates in South Africa, where the variant was first detected, suggested it has the potential to cause harm.

Scientists at the U.K. Health Security Agency said they expected the omicron variant to become the dominant strain in Britain in the next two to four weeks. The agency said so far most cases were located in London and southeast England.

The tighter restrictions will buy the government time to put booster jabs into more arms. Officials have set the target of offering booster shots to all adults by the end of January.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/work-home-uk-tightens-rules-amid-omicron-spread-81631735

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there wasn't yet comprehensive data on how dangerous omicron is

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"But we know that panic is warranted!"

WTF keeps listening to these idiots

Someone should beat Boris's ass till he uses common sense.

cupcakesprinkles said:

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The other day they said they haven't heard of anyone dying from it.

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You just know that the Branch Covidian media is salivating in anticipation of the first Omicron death.

Society will be stunted by this more than a world war.




Children unable to mature and held down by emotional issues.

Adults upended for years on end.

Certain people getting mega effing rich while others stay steady or below. Wealth gap has not chance of narrowing as is.


My hope is that 2020-2022 births are more from conservatives than the masked liberal team.

More people will die from the lock down than the actual variant.

From Ireland RTE news front page. Something doesn't make sense.

Also, Finish PM is HOT.

Shut down just in time for the holidays. Sure that is not a coincidence

GCRanger said:

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Also, Finish PM is HOT.

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Wood!

GCRanger said:

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From Ireland RTE news front page. Something doesn't make sense.

Also, Finish PM is HOT.

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I've never wanted to move to Finland more in my life than now.

Boris Johnson is old and overweight and survived his time with COVID but, I'm guessing, had a pretty hard time with it and it obviously frightened him on a personal level. And now all of the UK has to suffer for this.

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....suggested it has the potential to cause harm

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Maybe we should all just live in a damn bubble. I mean there are tons of things with the potential to cause harm right?

What a complete and utter joke.