... I’m seeing more and more people - not the usual suspects - saying that we need to get back to normal, and just accept the virus as part of life, unpleasant as it might be. And, just at the moment, I have sympathy with that if I’m honest. Our current state of affairs can’t be indefinite.
The focus seems to be on continued suppression with no obvious end in sight - just endless curbs on our lives, but for how.... long; weeks, months; years? Yes, there is a talk of a vaccine in due course - moonshot testing even - but it’s all pretty vague.
As well as focusing on where we are currently, I think the public desperately need an exit plan communicated to them, or the Government risks people disengaging en masse, and we’re left in a complete mess that satisfies no one. If the Government were clear, and we could see where we were headed - what, why and when - people would be far more likely to “behave” and comply.
I’m not so naive as to think that the Government can guarantee when a vaccine will be ready and rolled out, and I accept that any plans will need to flex as circumstances change, but without a goal and timescale (even if indicative), and without a clear justification by the Government for its course of action, compliance risks haemorrhaging faster than Covid spreads!
For all of this we need strong, effective leadership. Boris, if you’re reading... You may have had some false starts and cock-ups, but here’s (another) chance to redeem yourself (or go some way to it at least) and show that you are Churchill’s heir! For heaven’s sake, we need it!