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l thought Professor Chris Whitty made some very key points today as he stated that “very socially disruptive” measures would almost certainly have to remain in force for the rest of the year.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/li...latest-updates

He also said that we are going to have to do a lot of things for really quite a long period of time, the question is what is the best package and this is what we’re trying to work out.

In the long run, the exit from this is going to be one of two things, ideally. A vaccine, and there are a variety of ways they can be deployed ... or, and/or, highly effective drugs so that people stop dying of this disease even if they catch it, or which can prevent this disease in vulnerable people.

Until we have those, and the probability of having those any time in the next calendar year are incredibly small and I think we should be realistic about that.

We’re going to have to rely on other social measures, which of course are very socially disruptive as everyone is finding at the moment.

But until that point, that is what we will have to do but it will be the best combination that maximises the outlooks but it’s going to take a long time and I think we need to be aware of that.