[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It is. In London.

And here's the problem; the supposition is that the declining numbers overall (thanks to London) are due to the effectiveness of lockdown, and as the whole country entered lockdown at the same time, if the numbers across the board look good then everywhere should be fine to go back to normal at the same time.

Largely this is because no one wants to accept that the dropping numbers in London probably have more to do with the previously higher infection rate, and thus higher levels of resistance in the community. The narrative seems to be that London being initially the hardest hit by far, and now the first to see significantly decreasing cases long before the rUK, is ... coincidence, I guess?

Haven’t they said the will lock down areas if necessary? ..the other issue I have with this is the claim that the government didn’t lock down early enough which may be true for London, but these areas which had a low level of virus when they did lock down would fall into the category of locking down early but the virus wasn’t damped down by lockdown, so not sure why that is happening..?