Our interpretation common sense view is that anyone we do not know well is a potential risk, not just covid, but all other winter diseases.
Yes, covid is increasingly detected, increasing at a rate similar to that recorded in April, but amongst the 20 to 30 generation who are not going to do as they are told, because they do not believe they are at risk...and I think they may well be right.
Even so we avoid places where they tend to go.
The Government and the Unions are both, again, overreacting, causing fear and anxiety where it is not needed.Why do I say that?
Back in the 1960s winter flu caused over 100,000 excess deaths a year, above the normal annual death total of about 450,000, so a 22% increase. Since then the winter flu excess total has fallen, mostly due to vaccination, reduced smoking and falling air pollution.
Covid will end up with about 70,000 excess deaths for 2020, so little more than a bad winter flu in the 60's.
Normally since 2015 about 1200 people die every day in the UK. If in the winter of 2020/2021 10 or 20 or even 50 die each day with Covid, so what?
I have had enough of all this. The latest rules are pointless, they serve only to cause more fear and worry.
