I see Johnson, true to form, has told another lie. After delaying the mid-June 'Freedom Day' to mid-July on the basis that the decision to do so will be 'irreversible' we now see the immediate resurrection of restrictions (and, indeed covid passports) being lined up for Autumn (and doubtless beyond). And once again the lack of logic is astounding. Of course covid case numbers will be greater come October as the seasonality of the virus will be hitting in by then, but why is the hospitality industry again being targeted but the sports sector has already been told it can have full attendances; and with influenza deaths currently running at around 10 times the numbers from covid, why are there no restrictions currently in place against the spread of flu?
One other perplexing piece of news today: after a number of pilot tests on the subject of the transmission of covid from mass attendance events had shown the risks of significant spread are low, how come we now read of a calculation that a 56% increase in positive covid cases this week is mainly down to the Euros?