Coronavirus: Last throw of dice before the really tough call
On Monday, the government's two most senior pandemic advisers - Prof Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance - set out the scale of the problem, raising the prospect of 50,000 cases a day by October.
In Northern Ireland and Scotland, they went further, banning visits to other people's homes. But even that fell short of the mini-lockdowns and"circuit breaks" floated last week.Clearly, there need to be trade-offs between containing the spread of the virus and minimising the impact to society.There is a recognition within government the public is tiring of the battle against coronavirus.
They could have referenced the trajectories Spain and France were on - two countries they mentioned in other parts of the briefing.Sir Patrick did point out the 50,000 figure was not a prediction.
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