To think that we won't have a total lockdown because the Govt needs people to keep catching C-19

[KittyRainbow]

I keep seeing people desperate for there to be a full lock down. With the army on the streets and people being arrested for being more than 50m from their homes and I wonder if I'm missing something?

Everything I've heard from the Govt so far indicates that they are not trying to stop the virus, but rather limit the number of people who have it at the same time. So they actually need people to be out in limited numbers to continue the spread in a managed fashion.

In fact I'm getting the impression now that they are surprised at how well people are following the rules. And that the police are, in some cases, being over zealous in their reaction to people out and about. Which makes me think they actually expected more people to bend the rules and spread the virus a little more freely.

So I don't think they will introduce more or tighter measures to keep people indoors as it would actually be counted productive and increase the risk of a massive spike in cases when the current rules are relaxed.

Patrick Vallance said that recurrence happens with all viruses but they are usually much milder

I would hope that this is at least likely

You’d like to think that’s a gamble the government wouldn’t take without some evidence first though.

Either way it writes off the herd immunity idea. That only works if the people who have had it are immune and aren’t passing it on to others. What’s the exit plan in that case?

Because it’s mild IF it comes back. So low risk.

Lots od people are saying they’ve had it and are now ok. I also think it’s been through at least 3 of our local secondary schools after half term. We need more sample testing to show this rather than hearsay