Haven't (closely) followed it all as I find it very overwhelming.
Can anyone pass comment as to why a measure like this might be taken? I get it's a "more infectious" variant, but also reported as "less deadly" - is it the time of year in terms of flu season to minimise strain on hospitals? Is it the fear that it could mutate to a highly infectious AND highly dangerous stage?
I'm not on the "just go out and lick people's faces / it'll all be fine" train, but I also appreciate the huge toll that lockdowns can take in terms of feelings of isolation and so on for folks and a full lockdown at a time when so many have vaccinations seems, on the face of it, a touch Draconian to my mind, based on my current (and admittedly very limited) grasp of the situation.
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