If you are an emergency planner, you knew there was never really a 21 June. It was always the one bit of the road map that didn't ring true. Once NPIs are put into a situation, they linger. When something is sold as a solution, people cling to them long after they are needed.
In my work I talk about "placebo sandbags" - distributed by responders in floods even when we know they won't work. But it makes people feel better.
Some restrictions will stay and I cannot see the govt relinquishing an ability to impose local measures any time soon. But know this - YOU did nothing wrong and none of this is a surprise to those of us who explored what an 'out' corona would mean. What we can do now is this...
Look after one another. Ready for winter. Re-wild the shielded gently, many of whom are struggling. Prioritise our children and most vulnerable. And just take each day as it comes. One foot forward. Because one thing the planners also know - it will be ok.
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