In a normal year, national excitement would be at fever pitch. But this is not a normal year. TV of yesteryear would be awash with the best ever scheduling, expensive Xmas advertising by the leading stores jingling out at us every few minutes. Not this year. What on earth has happened? A local FB friend called Ray posted this pic on FB, which says it all really. He says we're destroying our lives out of fear of a virus that has an average 0.43% infection fatality rate (Source: BMJ Global Health), those who are frail and with existing co-morbidities being the main casualties of this group. Is he right? Should we carry on with our lives as normal, letting businesses build up the economy, individuals getting vaccinated, going to bed if/when we feel ill and ploughing extra resources into the NHS? I feel sorry for Boris. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. Never in the history of mankind have leaders had to deal with such a thing. I still blame China.
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