What a difference a day makes

摘要

Fewer than 24 hours after the last issue went to press Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the latest variant of COVID-19 was far more transmissible than the earlier version and that London and the southeast would be entering a new higher level of restrictions - Tier 4 - the next day. By early January the situation had continued to get worse and England entered its third lockdown. As I write this, the daily death figures are frightening and the NHS is near to breaking point in some areas. Anyone who thinks coronavirus isn't serious needs to urgently wake up.