Well the number of number of new cases has dropped for the 2nd day running. HOPEFULLY that fast rise up to 3,539 on Friday is just a nasty spike, and the cases are on the way down again, even if fairly slowly. Otherwise if the numbers of new cases continues to rise well past 3,500 - even if fairly slowly, I am very concerned that the government are going to say "This virus is spiraling out of control, and we need to take urgent action....", and this action could be more severe restrictions implemented and worst case scenario.... A SECOND FULL NATIONAL LOCKDOWN. I really wouldn't put it past this cabinet to do such a thing. A second full national lockdown will be even more destructive than the first one, in terms of the economy, people's livelihoods and their mental health. Many people won't be able to take going through all that again. We'll be reset back to the lockdown of 23rd March again, and it will take at least several months to ease out of it again. And then say in 6 months from that second lockdown, the numbers of new cases could surge again and there'll be threat of a THIRD national lockdown. This is no laughing matter. We can't go on like this for many months or even years to come.....
Although the press and media keep scaremongering us about a second full national lockdown umpteen times over the past month now, there has recently been some hints from those in government - Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and Michael Gove that a second full national lockdown is currently not ruled out.
Number of deaths today just FIVE, or THREE if you count the "deaths within 28 days of positive test by date of death" figures. Deaths are still very very low. But the government don't seem to be taking this into account atall!