[ts quite simple.
The government plan for this from now on is vaccines AND lockdowns.
Yes England has it tough but it can't last for long once the foggies realise they been sold a pup. Nicola Sturgeon is still promising the earth, but only opening some schools next week, and Mark Drakeford is still counting on opening some schools next week, and wants to start lifting other restrictions around Easter so he says, if you can stand the sound of his voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtGrv7FRVY8
So both Scotland and Wales are running weeks ahead of England, I don't know how long that situation can last.
Look at death data and compare rate of decline since January, with that since April 2020.
It is much steeper, in absolute (daily delta) and percentage terms than last year. Since the lockdown is less stringent and the virus is more infectious, the vaccine must be having an impact.
Yes England has it tough but it can't last for long once the foggies realise they been sold a pup.
Its 12 months into a 3 week lockdown.
SPI-B have the strategy off to a fine art by now. They know exactly how much panic to inject, in what form and when to keep the population compliant.
They've sufficiently terrified enough people they're clambering to be locked down harder for longer.
Its job done. The situation can be maintained indefinitely.
Drakeford has no intention releasing any restrictions. He's made that very clear.
If India is anything to go by the herd immunity is the way forward. Their cases have plummeted to 9100 a day and its a huge country where people are close together in cities and mask wearing not a norm. This happened BEFORE any vaccines were rolled out.
It seems the natural immunity is the way forward . Most viruses when contracted naturally give lifelong immunity - thsi one may be mutating but we dont know if vaccines give long term immunity either.
There are many people who will not have the vaccines for variety of reasons: some medical contraindications and some personal choice. It is a clinical trial after all so risk is unknown and damage can be permanent.
Check out this interview with another bedwetting scientist.
His contention appears to be that opening up swiftly last year led to a resurgence of the virus. Not, as one might reasonably anticipate, seasonal factors.
In other words, he thinks that the lockdown, rather than seasonality, was the only thing holding the virus at bay after the first wave.
Consequently, he wants a much slower unwinding of the lockdown this time. Despite the virus largely absenting itself last summer. Not just here, but across the northern hemisphere.
Why are so many scientists wilfully ignoring the modus operandi of nearly all respiratory illnesses? Are they that reluctant to surrender their hard-won veto over government policy?
