One explanation for plummeting case numbers is that the full effects of 'Freedom Day' have yet to appear in the data. However, the Google mobility index shows there was no sudden change in behaviour on July 19th.
Boris Johnson warned today against "premature conclusions" from falling cases, saying Covid is "still a very dangerous disease". Prof Neil Ferguson disagreed, however, saying we'll soon have the pandemic "behind us".
"Cases are soaring," says Caroline Lucas MP, who is calling for an inquiry into the lifting of restrictions "too soon". But the data tells a different story and experts say we may have passed the peak of the third wave.
As reported positive cases plummet following 'Freedom Day', the damage limitation among the doomsters begins. But they can't conceal the fact that their models have failed.
If clubs and bars are anything to go by, many Brits clearly want to return to normal, with thousands of punters packing out venues across the country on Friday night – the beginning of the first weekend since July 19th.
Far from a big exit wave, as many predicted, in the week since 'Freedom Day' daily new positive tests have dropped by over a third, showing once again that the models are fundamentally flawed.
A new Government ad campaign ignores the passing of "Freedom Day" and instructs Brits to carry on wearing face masks and to use the NHS Covid app so as to "keep life moving".
Lockdown Sceptics is becoming the Daily Sceptic and will focus on a range of policies that are supposedly based on science or data or evidence, but where 'the Science' is being invoked to conceal a political agenda.
It looks increasingly like the peak of the current surge has not yet arrived in England, and the recent slowdowns may have been temporary. However, Scotland holds out hope it may not be too far off.
All U.K. adults have been offered a first dose of a Covid vaccine a day ahead of schedule, but the success of the vaccine roll-out has not persuaded the Prime Minister to give back more freedoms on "Freedom Day".
