I guess this proves the adage -- elect a clown; expect a circus. The UK authorities are doing an excellent job of running the contacts of this sole traveler to ground, but here in the US -- should a similar traveler arrive -- it is highly likely we will never know, due to the chaos Elon and Tangerine 2.0 have wrought in our pandemic defense efforts. Damnation. In any event, here is the latest from across the pond:
. . .A case of Lassa fever, a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, has been confirmed in a person who recently travelled to England from Nigeria, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced.
The individual travelled while experiencing symptoms and was subsequently diagnosed after returning to Nigeria.
UKHSA is now working to trace and contact individuals who may have been in contact with the infected person during their time in England. . . .
So it goes. We face an electorate, inside the US, at the moment. . . perhaps more backward, and less educated than any in over a century.
They think tariffs help them (but in fact are simply an unlegislated and punitive tax -- on the working poor); they think vaccines are a conspiracy to control them (but they save their lives). . . and far too many of them worry too much about people who've chosen a peaceful path in life, but one that might differ from their own -- often with a sad form of. . . hatred (in the main, they could just look the other way; and live their own life). But the hard right has convinced them that all of the above victimizes them, personally.
Damn. Onward, just the same. Be safe out there. Get your shots.
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