How do we live with covid-19?

摘要

WITH more than half of adults in the UK having received two doses of vaccine against covid-19, the UK government has decided that the time has come to lift most restrictions in England and get on with life alongside the virus. Since 19 July, people in England have been free to meet up with whoever they want, wherever and whenever they like, for the first time since November 2020, and nightclubs have reopened for the first time since March 2020. Masks and social distancing are largely no longer mandated. But it won't quite be business as usual, with a predicted spike in cases reaching 100,000 per day in mid-August. So what does it mean to "live with covid" once restrictions have lifted, and what insights can we glean for those living elsewhere too?