The yo-yo of Covid-19 contradictions keeps Brits guessing

At the start of this year, the UK government set out a “route back to normality” based around vaccines, treatments and testing. Omicron is the first “variant of concern” to appear after we had relatively high levels of vaccination, a range of Covid-19 treatments and accessible rapid antigen tests. We are about to find out how much normality these feats of science have bought us.

But several of Johnson’s own ministers and scientific advisors disagree. Health Security Agency head Jenny Harries encouraged people to limit their holiday socialising. Peter Openshaw, a member of the government’s advisory group on respiratory virus threats, told a BBC audience that he would not feel safe going to a party indoors with people not wearing masks.

Anecdotally, there do not seem to be many cancellations in London, where restaurants and pubs are full. The real question is what happens after the holiday season is over. The measures the UK has taken so far — including more masking and new travel rules — are relatively low-cost for most people, says James Johnson, a political adviser and former Downing Street pollster. But a ramping up of restrictions each time a threat appears could prove polarising in Britain, as it has been in the Netherlands, Belgium and elsewhere, though Brits are likely to accept restrictions if Omicron proves a serious threat to lives.

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