@NotSoRealSlimShadyStandingUp
Maybe I am reading or watching something different.
All I got from the press conference was:
Look you lot, we have given you the jabs that will save your lives. The vast majority of young people will carry it, but not be ill with it. They are the ones making up the numbers now. We may vaccinate them, we are thinking about it. However, all you other lot, if you haven't got your life saving jab then that is your problem. Now it is time to get out and if you catch it, it will probably be very mild (if you are jabbed) and you'll just have to suck it up. We are letting it rip through the country now. We have no other choice. We need to let it rip, let people catch it and fight it off with their jabs and get on with life.
Isn't anyome else hearing this?
Kinda.
But what it misses is that, if they tried to suppress it now, it'd probably only be possible until the September school term. And after that, we'll get covid and the predicted bad flu season on top of each other.
Put simply, autumn is going to be tricky even with a decent amount of herd immunity behind us. At least by opening up now, we get covid and then flu in train, but not on top of each other.
What does it mean for those that are vulnerable, and can't be protected? And probably it means you should be quite cautious for a while, but hopefully by end August, infection numbers will be well on their way down.
But if you're concerned, but not actually vulnerable, I'd suggest to but best foot forward, and push on through it.
The logical alternative seems to be to stay hunkered down until spring or summer next year.
I think summary is you got it about right though. But it's time for a bit of straight talking, don't you think?