| Comment | Because restrictions are being gradually relaxed as a) evidence increases that Omicron is far less symptomatically severe than Delta, b) Delta is rapidly declining in cases and c) the success of the booster programme
In other words, there is less concern over increasing infection rates as long as hospitalisations are manageable, so we can afford to be more relaxed about isolation requirements
And obviously any change in the rules is going to create a point in time at which the rules change |
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