Boris Johnson's Let it in! Let it spread! Let it kill! Strategy

In an earlier post, Combatting Covid-19: The Keep it out! Kill it off! Strategy, I briefly set out what I believe would have been an effective strategy to combat the Covid-19 strategy.

That Keep it out! Kill it off! Strategy contrasts with the dangerous, indeed deadly, strategy adopted by Boris Johnson and his Government which, with variants during defined time periods, can be summarised as

• Let it in!
• Let it spread!
• Let it kill!

In my estimation at no point since the initial report to the World Health Organisation on 31st December 2019 of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause has Boris Johnson applied an effective strategy against Covid-19.

With at most minimal intervention regarding flights direct from Wuhan the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been allowed to enter the United Kingdom without significant barriers having been put in place.

Apart from an initial period (termed the "contain phase" in the UK Government's paper of 3rd March 2020) no serious attempt has been made to stop the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the United Kingdom.

It was madness to try to identify cases in the UK while allowing the SARS-CoV-2 virus freely to enter the United Kingdom.

It is like mopping up the floor surrounding an overflowing bath and leaving the taps running.

The inevitable effect of Boris Johnson allowing the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enter the United Kingdom with minimal or no hindrance, and making ineffectual attempts to stop the virus spreading, it became inevitable that Covid-19 would kill in the United Kingdom in large numbers.