TBM, the 50s are being lined up here in South Wiltshire, they expect to complete the 50 to 60 group and the 40-50 group by March 8th.
Happy days...
Normality is, possibly, if all goes well, etc, etc, in sight.
Seriously, if following the return to school, there is no surge in cases and hospital admissions then I suspect the release from lockdown will be accelerated. BUT the protection provided by the vaccination of so many is the big unknown. All the recent indicators suggest the vaccine works far better than expected in both protecting people and if they get a mild version, from shedding virus particles.
We shall see.
There may well be an increase in positive tests - at my place, all staff and students are being tested twice a week. Factor that across the UK and that's potentially 22 million tests taking place from 8th March.
The plus side is that three weeks later it's Easter with a two week forced isolation for all kids (if they play by the rules) so we can start again afterwards with a clean slate (and hopefully a lot more staff/parents/grandparent vaccinated).
