24 November

Have a look, Boris’ 3 ‘tiers’ of restrictions to replace their (ridiculously short) national lockdown. With infections still at 20,000 a day. Rule after complicated rule after complicated rule. Lockdown is one rule - stay home. Everybody can understand it, and it also actually works. This won’t work, because it leaves out that people in their daily lives move between all the different tiered areas. And there’s so much virus circulating even Tier 3 will spread it. Boris is also relaxing quarantine for international arrivals to appease the tourist industry, from 14 days to 5 based on fast testing. I think this may end up one of the greatest catastrophes of this pandemic to date. It could be like the atomic bomb of superspreader events.