Quote Originally Posted by tHeArAb View Post
Surely thats been the real main issue from the beginning, no? Tier levels and restrictions have always been based on case numbers however.
While immunity in the population was low due to lack of natural immunity due to no previous viral exposure and lack of vaccine, case numbers were very important as statistically that would give the pointer toward the then inevitable increase in hospitilisations and deaths that would subsequently follow.

Now though, it is NOT the case that case numbers will result in high mortality and risk of the NHS being over run. And the final point is the kicker - this has always been (rightly) about ensuring that the NHS was protected and was not going to be overwhelmed. The risk of that now is receeding rapidly so consequently heavy restrictions based on case numbers alone makes no sense.