Interestingly, using that tool, my area, which has seemed like a horrorshow for much of the pandemic, hasn't had particularly high numbers of cases at all. That may be down to a younger population overall as it's certainly not down to risk-aversion - apart from at Waitrose, which is hilariously nerve-wracking in comparison as everyone's well-off there, apart from me. We have a Covid-testing centre 50 metres from here, but that obviously takes anyone who needs one - it's never seemed very busy though.
It is tragic though when you can see where we were in August, and I remember only too well the obvious 'slackening off' by the public at large at that point. Every restaurant on my street was packed. Johnson had the nerve today to say that if it wasn't for the new variant, we'd be on top of this by now, which was so offensive and slopey-shouldered it was a disgrace. He also prefaced his 'good news' release timings with four 'IFs', which hardly seems a robust situation to be in. I shouted at the TV "And IF they don't, you twat?" That's pretty much a daily occurrence at the moment.
I was relieved to see the nice Indian doctor that the news have on (I can't remember his name I'm ashamed to admit, but it's late) say that it doesn't matter how much more infectious the new variant is, if people did social distancing properly they still wouldn't get it. About time. Christina Pagel was magnificently low-key in her moment of (partial) triumph, though I'm sure she doesn't see it that way. She deserves an award already.
