COVID - 'freedom day' in England.
I write this a couple of days after England’s COVID ‘freedom day’ - a release from all COVID restrictions, which strikes me as nothing but stupidity and which, for me, only confirms the incompetence of the UK government.Throughout the UK the delta variant is running wild and positive cases are going through the roof, particularly in England . Admittedly, the link between new cases, hospitalisations and deaths have been greatly reduced because of the vaccine - but this has not been totally eradicated and many people, including some who have received both jabs, are ending up in hospital or worse. This is stressing the NHS and reducing the ability of the health service to catch up on the backlog created by the virus. The UK government’s stance seems to be “if not now then when?”. I would suggest that ‘when’ should not be now but after all adults, and maybe all over twelve years of age, have been double jabbed and also after this delta variant has been brought under control. This would res...