XE Variant

[Lilith7]

I believe in the science but the longer this goes on (and no I haven't gone down the rabbit hole) I truly think that it has become politically motivated, Labour won by a landslide last election because of the way they handled Covid that they are trying to grab back some of that fame because they are sliding up and down the polls, their mantra was that life would get back to normal when enough of us were vaccinated, well enough of us are. But no the government is controlling us to a certain degree, I feel for these poor people that cant run their businesses properly because we are stuck in the red traffic light system, I am thinking that a couple of days after Australians are allowed in I recon we will go to orange because who wants to be a tourist with restrictions so yes I do think its politically motivated. 

By the way I am allowed to be wrong 

There could be an element of that in their actions - politicians tend to be a sneaky lot after all. And you could well be right in that changes could happen once Aussies turn up here.

But on the other hand, new variants are definitely of concern & any govt should be reacting to them - hopefully with the aim of keeping their voters alive & well enough to vote next time.