Like everyone I want the chance to celebrate a "normal" Christmas with my loved ones but obviously I do not want to give them Covid (or them to give to me).
What I can't understand is why the the whole country couldn't go into a hard core lockdown (a proper don't leave the house without paperwork version, rather than a UK wishy washy lockdown) from Friday 11 December until Christmas Day If we are not mixing this will have 2 benefits:
- All Covid spread will be stopped because we are not mixing - benefits the UK as a whole.
- At the end of these 2 weeks we can get together for a normalish Christmas with one or two other households safe in the knowledge none of us have Covid.
- We can even go mad in the shops and hospitality 2 Dec - 10 Dec if we really need to to help the economy.
What am I missing?