Any increased transmission following the return of schools after the new year will be offset by the increasing rollout of the booster jab program, which will reduce any consequent hospitalisations.
Indeed. Of course once we get beyond mid Jan we are closer to the end of winter than the start, so it should be easier to make the case for pressing on as we are, as arguments along the lines of “the seasons are against us” fall away (sadly we are clearly stuck with plan B until springtime whatever happens!).
The key thing is the government holding its nerve for the next three or four weeks. The fact they’ve done so over Xmas and NYE, with Jan and Feb still ahead of us, bodes very well indeed.
This really is a very strange thread. I think it's an echo-chamber for a specific set of ill-informed opinions about the pandemic. I take a look occasionally to see how it's coming along.
What’s “ill informed” about anticipating more and more complaining from lockdown enthusiasts when the elected government chooses to go against their wishes? Indeed, your posting above rather proves me right .