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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Asked whether the Nightingale Hospitals were being kept for a possible second wave, a Downing Street spokesman has said "I am not aware of any plans to stand down these Nightingale Hospitals and some are still being built.
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As has been pointed out on here many times by many people. Infection rates may decline and rise continually for some time.
The one and only aim of lockdown and social distancing was to ensure that ICU demand did not outstrip supply. Initial forecasts of 80% of the population being infected most likely still stand.
People will no doubt continue to be infected for many many months to come, probably well into next year.
People at risk, and family members around them, will have to be very careful for a long time.
The initial aim of "herd immunity" is still the end game - if indeed it is a defence against this virus, but like I say there doesn't seem to be any papers stating that reinfection is likely.