COVID19: New Variant Panic: Is There Something They're Not Telling Us?

 It seems that with every mutation of Covid, there's a mad panic to try and stop the spread. Unlike with any other virus in existence. For instance the 'Flu: you don't seem to see the same scrabble to suppress mutations of influenza, it's just a given that it's out in the wild, it mutates and we cope with the mutations as they sweep through the population.

So what's special about Covid? What is it about mutations that causes panic amongst health officials and governments worldwide?

The problem is that new mutations will be out in the wild before they are identified. It takes weeks to identify a new strain and by the time it is identified, then it's hopped on a 'plane and travelled half way round the world. 

Then governments panic and put restrictions in place way too late to stop it arriving.

The only way to stop it spreading is to stop air travel around the world. 

But.... Why the panic? What is it about mutations that grips governments with terror? Why the indecent haste to stop the spread (even though it's always too late). 

Is there something that governments around the worlds are not telling us? Is there a risk that Covid19 could mutate into something as deadly as Ebola?

Or, is this a dry run for Ebola itself? I just wonder because Ebola has been ever more persistent in Africa, with outbreaks breaking out in numerous locations. There was a major outbreak 2-3 years ago (The Kivu epidemic) and since then the authorities have failed to stop it entirely. There have been sporadic outbreaks in the wider area around the initial outbreak. You can't call it contained, because even in 2021 three years after the initial outbreak, it is still popping up. The last outbreak as late as May of this year.

Check this link to see the persistence of Ebola outbreaks. Look at the entries for Kivu: Ebola - Wikipedia

Personally, I think the governments across the globe are using Covid as a trial for something worse. Ebola seems to fit the bill, being a particularly nasty and transmissible disease with a pretty high mortality rate.