Stricter measures than plan B may be needed to rein in UK’s Omicron growth

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Work from home, but keep going to Christmas parties: Boris Johnson’s advice has prompted questions about the logic behind plan B and left a lingering sense of confusion about the scale of the threat posed by the Omicron variant. So does the plan stand up to scrutiny?

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Rolling out the useful idiots again I see. I’ve got 3 sessions between now and Sunday then a packed calendar of footy and beers 🍻 over Christmas. Doubt Im alone hope the tills are ringing out for Christmas time 🍺

It has mild symptoms!!

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