[DouglasS]

Originally Posted by Kate!

but they are only at a manageable level because of the current restrictions. It will zoom back up again if they are relaxed. Too soon.

People have to live life though... you can’t expect kids to just skip school and be uneducated... it’s unfair to ask for uni students to lose all their years at uni which many say are the best years of your life... you can’t also expect people to give up their businesses...

Once all the 50+s and vulnerable are vaccinated and deaths fall below 100 a day it should open up completely in my opinion, we have to live with covid, people will die just like the flu and many other diseases. A sad part of life is that people die... you can’t stop that. Every disease had an origin and began somewhere we can’t stop the world because some people die... once vaccination has hit all
Vulnerable people things must start again, that’s the best we can do, there will still sadly be some casualties but it’s the same with all diseases, at least the vaccination will improve peoples odds massively (apparently prevent deaths by around 95% which is fantastic)