The UK is reopening, the world will have to follow suit, and why not?
With most people vaccinated and the door open to reverse, now is as good a time as any, but masks would be good
08 July 2021 - 20:06
I was trained as a scientist and as such always want as much data and evidence as possible when weighing the risks and benefits of a challenging question or problem. So when UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out the details of Britain’s planned grand reopening, set for July 19, alarm bells started ringing. My initial thought was that there are still many things we don’t know about the trajectory of this virus or pandemic. There didn’t seem to be enough hard data — not for me at least — to feel comfortable that it would be safe to roll back restrictions now...
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