I hope I am wrong

There is no plan.

Not one based on science anyway. Either here in the UK or the US, just a release of the lockdown and a return to normal without social distancing, protecting the weak and the old.

There will be thousands, hundreds of thousands more deaths.

Its not that there isn't a plan, really, just one that involves the economic sacrifice of low value life being thrown on the pyre for the sake of the economy.

Which here in the UK the Government will then thrown on the pyre too in the name of Brexit and independence.

An economy which is trying to recover, has to then cope with a country putting economic sanctions on itself. It is madness.

And is going to happen.

The UK Government is pushing now for no deal in trade negotiations and say it will not ask for an extension even if one were offered.

We will start our Brexit stockpile in September, now we know what people will panic buy.

Those in high risk groups have their extended lockdown ended at the end of June. The virus is still there, racing through the population, it will still kill and send thousands into the ICU of yet more isolation isn't self-imposed.

The Government is now openly hiding information on numbers of testing. It failed to show those numbers for three days, this was pointed out on Wednesday, but same result on Thursday. Data unavailable. Without testing, tracing and isolations of those who have had contact, the virus will spread until it has swept through the whole population.

An infection rate of 1% could leave over 600,000 dead. Increase that infection rate, increase the dead.

All avoidable, even now, but the speed of unlocking is increasing, there is no science or data to back this up.

Also, the Government is shutting down scrutiny. The press conference now doesn't allow follow up questions, mutes difficult questions and Johnson stops questions being asked of the scientists. The virtual parliament is being scrapped, but still only 50 MPs are allowed on the Commons at any time, the voting lobby cannot be used and the Government has failed to come up with an alternative, probably on purpose.

Good luck, you're gonna need it.

@ChrisGiles_.

Update: following today's data from hospitals, a cautious estimate of the number of UK excess deaths linked to coronavirus up to 28 May is 64,000

Of these 59,537 have happened and the rest are estimates over the past 2 weeks

64,000 would be a rate of 960 per million

ENDS

Yesterday, ITN news disclosed they have documents that show discharging infected patients from hospital into care homes was their policy, and there is strong evidence that it is still happening. So much for that protective ring, Matt?

We are being played, and are going to lose.

Finally, Durham police did not clear Cummings.

Had they had stopped the family on the "eye tst" drive to Barnard Castle, they would have advised the drive to return to their house in Durham.

If the driver had refused, then the police could have imposed a FPN.

Had Cummings refused to pay or challenged that, it might have gone to court.

But he was not cleared.