Feeling the strainWelcome back! You’re just in time for another round of gloomy headlines on this month’s grand reopening. What last week looked like doomsaying now increasingly reads like a settled consensus among the scientists advising ministers: that a delay is necessary and, perhaps, inevitable. SponsoredLow though cases still are compared to January’s peak, the dashboard lights that matter are flashing red: deaths are up 45 per cent on last week, cases 29 per cent, hospital admissions 23 per cent. Thirtysomethings flocked to get their jab in Twickenham PETER MACDIARMID/LNPAnd while vaccinations may be continuing at pace – just look at the heartwarming snaps from Twickenham (there’s a first) of tens of thousands of millennials queuing for their first doses – we know that one dose is less effective against the Indian

Source: The Times June 01, 2021 07:52 UTC