So what happens when the UK opens? Are you proposing staying locked down forever? Boris and the government might like that but not sure about the taxpayers.

You do realize that with over 3000 variants already tracked and thousands more occurring down the road that this will never end? we will all be exposed just like every pandemic in history. eventually, the human race will develop antibodies. Modern medicine has sped that process up along with good theraupeutics but eventually we'll all have the antibodies.

the lockdowns were intended to slow the spread down long enough for vaccine development, allowing the hospitals to stay on top of this and develop effective treatments.

That's happened. it's time to open up and get on with life. It's a government control issue now.

In the meantime the UK just gave up a flagship event.