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My point is at whatever stage the restrictions ended there should have been a plan ready to kick in. At some stage we were going to have to face the new normal and for some people that has challenges which haven't been addressed.

The seeming lack of any plans for people with compromised immune systems is negligent yet unexpected.

On this I agree. If people are having more contact with each other then one case will launch a snowball effect.

No one is arguing the younger you are then generally the less symptoms you have of it. However I am rather keen to find out how long the 100,000 daily peak will last because a month of that is going to mean even a small percentage chance is quite common in reality.

Not me, the Health Secretary!

TBF it is more 'restrictions for a bit longer' rather than 'restrictions forever'.

Skimming through that article it is 10% of 18-49 year olds versus 22% for the over 70s who get Covid go on to suffer Long Covid (although there are other factors such as BMI). As we are still in a window where younger people aren't fully vaccinated so presumably will be a fair chunk of the...

I got injected in the arm, personally.

I don't think anyone is arguing that one of the few saving graces of the pandemic is that children rarely die from it but they can get very ill from it and we don't fully understand long covid. There is a debate to be had about vaccinating children, although with the US going down that route it...

Apparently, and the nature of the beast is this is difficult to accurately state, 15-30% of Covid cases are asymptomatic so that is still 70-85,000 people a day showing symptoms. The vaccines means an overwhelming majority of them won't go near a hospital but the days when if you had a bit of...

So we might reach 100,000 cases a day by end of Summer? To put that into context we peaked at about 60,000 a day in early January. Fully acknowledge that the vaccine will reduce the severity for most so hospitalisations and deaths should be relatively much lower but that is still a lot of...

I am the first to criticise the government but at a couple of stages in the last year and a half they did have to scare people into staying at home to prevent an even worse disaster. If some have taken it too far then they need to join the physical vulnerable, school children, etc. in having...

Is it just me who tries to keep 1m away from complete strangers when possible at the best of times?

I presume the football authorities and clubs can start planning once the government have made the announcement. As it stands there are still warnings in place in Birmingham, Leicester and Liverpool so will away fans be allowed to travel there?

Without wishing to make it all about me, Thameslink aren't running any direct trains from Littlehampton to London Bridge (and onwards to City Thameslink, etc.) at the moment. if they really do want a return to normal they need to start getting train services back to what they where.

In fairness if you are standing packed in a train next to each other they aren't so effective. As you well know N95 filters cost money and actually need training to put them on properly to get a seal so it is impractical to use them on a mass scale. Just because something isn't perfect doesn't...

Most of that really isn't a scientific argument. If we move the infections back then more people will have been fully vaccinated hence further reducing the risk of hospitalisations and, possibly more importantly, mutations. Also note I am not talking about making it mandatory in things like...

2020 just called, they want their argument back. The standard face coverings we have all been wearing have slowed the spread of the virus. If I was to stand a metre from you and sneeze a face covering would mean droplets are less likely to reach you.

Patronising suggests I think I am superior to you. You might think that, but I couldn't possible comment. Answer me this: What is the downside of mandating people having to wear face coverings on public transport until mid September* when the vaccination programme would have got through...

Only I never said that, did I? Masks slowed the spread of the virus. End of conversation.