Not lead by the science

We have a new Health Minister, friend of business, Sajid Javid.

And yesterday he promised that July 21st the final restrictions would be lifted and not reimposed.

We had to live with COVID.

Meaning those who are not vaccinated will catch it, and have to deal with the short and long term effects.

Data suggests that up to two million people have long term COVID, some kind of long term issue that will impact their lives.

Herd immunity for the young, which is what he is suggesting, will probably mean many more "long COVID" sufferers and the possibility of more mutations forming and a vaccine resistant strain emerge.

The positive signals from Javid contrast to the official fgures that showed a 69.9% increse of infections in the rolling week to week data, with 22,868 infections being recorded in te 24 hours up to four on Monday. HOwever, hospitalisations and deaths are still at low levels.

And yet several EU contries imposed restrictions on those not double vaccinated travelling from the UK, while Hong KOng has banned all flights from the UK.

The UK Government might be optomistic, other countries are not.

I want a end to lock down, but I don't want a further wave even more, and for the good of the nation's health we should be supressing infections, contacts as well as vaccines. But this is Britain: £37 spaffed on track and trace under Dido Harding, and it still doesn't work. But the Mail and Express cheer the GOvernment on, like the UK has had the best outcome gobally.