When this argument is mostly moot 
Oh dear… the wheels are definitely falling off 
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Just as Boris thinks he’s managed to get on top of the story, another leak…
Someone has a warchest of this stuff and is using it to maximum effectiveness.
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It’s like an advent calendar
Really looking forward to seeing what they saved for the last door 
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Because she knows the state and resources of the NHS.
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Science and politics are just two sides to consider really.
Purely from a science point of view you might make a decision but the government have to factor in things like the NHS structure, funding and resilience.
Equally the government need to factor in science when making decisions and can’t just make a decision purely on a political whim.
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Press conference 5pm:
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Been for my booster this morning.
Think they may have increased the capacity because despite everyone there having an appointment, there was an insanely large queue, very different to the past few weeks according to the woman who checked me in (she said it had been surprisingly quiet for boosters before the announcement/s).
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I think some of the increased uptake is not wholly for the reasons of protecting themselves from Covid, but for fear of being excluded from certain things unless they have their covid pass.
Especially as it was announced by the health secretary a couple of days ago that people will need 3 jabs for their pass in the new year.
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My fear with Covid, isn’t actually catching it. Its it ruining Christmas again. Ruining might be a stretch and if it’s just me and my girlfriend sat at home and nobody has died, then I’m sure thousands of people who have lost friends and relatives would willingly trade places.
We are/were looking forward to Christmas with family and friends. Splitting the days, mixing with different groups and just being festive. But isolation can and will ruin this. My sister and partner have tested positive and it’s now likely they are excluded from Christmas effectively.
And despite whatever the Tory bunch have done and feeling like I shouldn’t follow the rules if they aren’t, I’m not going to put any member of my family at risk. Maybe I’ll have a midnight walk around the block but I won’t be mixing indoors and ignoring the isolation rules. I’d rather sit indoors than risk giving it to someone and regretting it forever.
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Then it is working 
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I’m looking forward to the new advice for Christmas Day itself. Last years was a travesty, so I expect more of the same.
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I mean the last announcement was like one of those telephone calls that could have just been an email, so what this time?
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Fortunately, the report does mention that they’re not expecting any new restrictions to be announced.
But I’m sure we’ve heard that before.
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I’m hoping for yet another cracking breakdown of the salient points from Matt Lucas.
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“Next Slide Please”
Seriously though, I have a feeling it will be a waffle fest with little or no relevant information.
With a nice smattering of irrelevant press questions at the end.
If they’re not planning on changing anything, then I can’t see as they have anything new to say.
But, during a week of by-election campaigning, it’s a really good way of getting the Tories on TV - even if they won’t label it as a political broadcast.
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We need more restrictions but I don’t think we’ll get them.
At least we aren’t about to get a time of year when everyone mixed inside.
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Are you sure?
It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the case numbers and feel like we’re slipping back into a bad place with Corona, but the critical thing here is the impact the numbers are having on the health service.
The difficulty for anyone in government right now though is knowing whether or not to impose restrictions.
Act now and you might find there was no need to act at all.
Act too late and your health service is overwhelmed.
Not trying to be an anti-lockdown prick here… Just trying to play devil’s avocado 
since none of us know what the right thing to do is.
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