Originally Posted by
mattyj
The uk has 90% of all eligible citizens with one shot..and their cases have dropped right back to basically zero right..oh and they have fantastic levels of mask compliance..and until a few hours from now they’ve been in a draconian lockdown..and it’s summer when respiratory viruses are at lowest ebb..woohoo. Everything Australia has to look forward to once everyone bends to the will of their masters
the U.K. most certainly hasn’t been in a draconian lockdown until today. Today is just the move to step 4, which is essentially all restrictions come to an end. The only difference from yesterday to today really is that night clubs can open and mask wearing in no longer a legal requirement indoors.
Cases are still high, but deaths remain very very low and so do hospital admissions. It’s a fact of life that we have to live with this disease now. For context, 40 people died yesterday in the U.K. with Covid. 500 people died of cancer and the same of heart related disease.