elbows
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Ha ha, even Nick Triggle comes out with this these days:
So why the caution? While most believe Covid will become seasonal, a bounce-back in the summer is not being ruled out.
And even if rates rebound only a little, there are still large numbers of vulnerable people. Nearly half of hospitalisations have been in the under-70s.
What is more, high levels of infection at a time when vaccines are being rolled out and immunity being built provides the perfect breeding ground for new variants. Mutation may be unavoidable in the long-term, but encouraging them at this point would, many experts believe, be foolish.
It means the government is likely to be more cautious than some would want - and indeed maybe need to be given the cost of lockdown. But the judgement being made is it's better to go slowly and surely rather than having to take any more steps back.
Covid: Boris Johnson to focus on 'data, not dates' for lockdown easing
The lifting of England's restrictions must be "cautious and prudent", Boris Johnson says.
www.bbc.co.uk