2021-12-30
Is the "pandemic" now over?
Mahyar Tousi (almost) says "yes", quoting Professor John Bell of Oxford University.
The Independent reports slightly differently, that the professor believes that we won't see the levels of death and NHS overload that we saw last year repeated - but as always he leaves the door slightly open to unforeseen circumstances.
So who is right?
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I suspect that the good people of Wales and Scotland will have their say on that question on News Year's Eve - I hope that the English border publicans are well stocked!
Indeed, things appear to be much the same in Denmark as well.
"The only sane political move at this point is to drop ALL mandates - vaccine and otherwise - and ALL asymptomatic or quarantine testing (dropping all non-hospital testing would be even better) - and declare victory and go home"
I said much the same last year.
