What's the Final Stage of Unlocking?

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There is a degree of freedom in inverted commersthat i'm going to use very advisedly here, that already exists in terms of being able to mix with people. And so this is really an experiment, and people from other countries are going to be watching very closely to see how it plays out indeed. The scottish, northern irish and welsh governments also have autonomy over their public health policies to an extent. So much of wat we're gong to discuss here, in terms of restriction lifting, applies to england specifically.

The UK government has announced that virtually all COVID restrictions will be removed in England on Monday 18th July. This will do away with social distancing requirements, allow businesses to re-open to full capacity and remove legal mask mandates. This decision comes, however, amidst soaring infections rates in the country, driven by the delta variant.

Now scientists are questioning the wisdom of this policy and asking whether the combination of high transmission and a partially vaccinated population could provide the perfect breeding ground for vaccine-resistant variants - a possibility which could have devastating global consequences.

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