Hopefully. But I have seen a few UK media articles now talking about the new variant 'Eris' (yeah, literally the Goddess of Strife and Discord).
The World Health Organisation declared the variant of interest, with cases reported in 51 countries.
www.bbc.co.uk
To be fair, they aren't hyping it but some scientists did recommend a return to masking and they were sure to pass that on.
The call for mask-wearing comes after a rise in Covid cases and the worrying emergence of a new 'mutation', with one expert saying it was more likely 'cause a big wave' than previous strains
www.mirror.co.uk
It brings to mind the C's answer in the session from October 2022.
That was obviously a reference to last winter rather than this one. I thought of it because it suggests that the decision to enforce restrictions may be influenced largely by people's reaction and behaviour in response to the 'advice'. The C's said that the UK restrictions were eased back because of an 'assessment that the natives were getting way too restless', which I took to mean that they were becoming less compliant, impatient with the impact of the restrictions on their lives. Probably also less scared, less risk averse and not as convinced that the virus warranted all this disruption.
So hopefully we're not going back there (not to say they don't have something else, even worse, in the works!) but I think it might largely depend on what we collectively do in response to news like that above. I know a lot of people are just rolling their eyes at this point, but it's hard to read the 'pulse of the nation' on things like this. I've been disappointed before.
www.sott.net
