The doom and gloom on MN seems like people have been hit by 1 or 2 negative pieces in the media and are asking 'really?'.
The BBC piece about no summer holidays sounded pretty certain and threw me until I read it several times more reminding myself it's 1 member of sage and even if it is the best thing for the pandemic the government has to consider the economic side, people's jobs and trade etc. Just because sage (or 1 member of sage) has been pushing for it doesn't mean it will or can happen. Plus even the government can't plan that far ahead, that's why they will tell us more in April or may. But I can see why it's thrown people.
I hate the media merry-go-round of positive and negative. We are all going to die and vaccines won't work in January then we are doing amazingly in February into March. Then, all the blood clot stories and the rise in cases in The EU. I can see why people are worried. Usually that just means the press will switch again and we will get a few positive stories, maybe a big push on how well the vaccines actually cope with the varients and the run up to the April 12th reopening, just in time for the big old switch back when the shortages are felt from mid April onward and back to doom and gloom for a couple of weeks.
This doesn't sound like positivity but I suppose the fact I can recognize it as a media tactic for sales/clicks means I shouldn't get so upset by it...shouldn't.