>Galit Alter, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, said the fast-spreading U.K. variant seems able to evade some vaccine protection, and the South African variant appears able to skirt even more. Despite that, she said, none have completely escaped the body’s post-vaccination immune responses.

Weak on facts and strong on persuasive language:

>seems able to evade

Either they can evade or they can't, there's no seeming to about it!

>appears able to skirt even more

Either it can skirt around or it can't, there's no appearing about it!

And anyway, herd immunity to these kinds of viruses comes from full-blown exposure - not hiding behind a vaccine.

After all is said and done, this is all about money and power - a great pile of public money and the opportunity to concentrate the power to run countries in the hands of a few for as long as possible.

And then too, the opportunity for academicians to puff their CVs and to ensure their place in the sun of scholarly tenure and advancement.

I rest my m'lud.