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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
With the number of infections now decreasing (since the peak of 15 July), hopefully things are now starting to ease. Fingers crossed. The virus seems to be running out of people with no immunity to infect. Herd immunity is almost at hand. And if that’s the case, the worries some have tried to give us all about an autumn wave will be put to rest.
I don’t believe that vaccine passports for domestic purposes will be required in the end. Foreign travel is a different matter due to the dangers variants pose to us.
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Here’s hoping that’s true.
However, the peak was on the 17th July, and in July alone, we’ve had two previous 2 day reductions in infections*, so probably sensible to wait for a longer trend before making predictions…
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/deta..._date_reported
*Cases by dates reported - 10th/11th July were lower than 9th July, and 18th/19th July were lower than 17th then it went upwards again, then dipped for the following three days