I was feeling positive until I read this...

[OverTheRainbow88]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53392148

OMG

I think it's very likely. The usual bugs and viruses, cold weather, Covid and relaxation of the rules all blended together.

[quote Orangeblossom78]You mean this Icedpurple www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52848793[/quote]
Yup. That's the one. With the hunky TV doctor..

I had forgotten the bit about using chalk or masking tape to mark out 'zones' for people from separate households. FFS. Sounds like a blast. Not.

and finding a random sink in the park. Wonder who writes this nonsense

Take my advice and ignore the BBC, especially on coronavirus. I have stopped watching BBC News altogether as they seem to be hell bent on depressing us all into submission.

Key words for me are

The report, requested by the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, stresses there is still a high degree of uncertainty over how the coronavirus pandemic will play out this winter

[quote Orangeblossom78]You mean this Icedpurple www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52848793[/quote]
That article actually sounds like a parody (I know it isn't!)
"You need to do everything you can to signal to them that things are not back to normal" C'mon really!?