The immediate threat to overwhelming the NHS so that people could not even get treated humanely and have a fighting chance has passed. The question is when is there going to be a vaccine. The only thing that is actually going to make us feel safe and secure. If they said next year, many more vulnerable people would be able to hang on and isolate. If they said 10 years or never, how many of us at the autumn/winter part of our lives would be prepared to wait.
I am lucky, retired, live in a nice house with garden, and no money worries. How can I possibly criticise the younger generation, who are unlikely to be felled by this virus, have money worries and seeing their future plans and life go up in smoke. For them lockdown has to move on. As a society the time has come to make our decisions about what is right for us in the context of our own lives. I don’t need the government to sort that out. I am lucky I do not need to go to shops, pubs and restaurants. My hair is long and grey but If it got terrible my husband could shave it off and I could cover with a scarf. I have no desire for Botox or long varnished covered nails which would get in the way of housework and gardening. And as a general rule i do not go abroad on holiday anyway. ( I am 60 and have been out of this country 6 times!) what is important to me is not living to 100 but enjoying my remaining years with my close family. My husband, my son, daughter in law and 3 year old grandson. Yesterday I hugged them all. It was wonderful. A week on Tuesday I will look after my grandson one day a week again. If I am unlucky enough to succumb then at least I will go happy, not pining for a life that can only be lived in a bubble. But that is my decision made with all the evidence of my life. I do not feel I can criticise others for living their lives in the way that they wish.