| Comment | No, the experts don't see lockdown as a forever thing, the vaccination programme is the exit strategy. Yes there will need to be ongoing testing and perhaps more targeted vaccination campaigns, but given the very high uptake in the UK (itself positive for the long-term but also a cause of delay in getting younger folk vaccinated) we should soon get to the point lockdowns are simply not needed in any form.
But fundamentally there are still enough unvaccinated people - and yes it sucks it's particular age groups - that restrictions are unfortunately still needed, and likely to be in some form until the autumn.
After that a key aspect is going to be the extent of vaccination in other countries (particularly the developing world) - as this will be the primary source of new variants. So once the UK has its own house in order we need to move to helping other countries catch up, as it will help us too. |
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