Originally Posted by
pblawman
My wife and I are being optimistic and booking a trip to London in November. We both plan to have our vaccinations by then. What's the general sense of whether the country will be open and what kind of restrictions we might encounter?
If you want a positive outlook, past SARS viruses have generally lasted 2 seasons as a pandemic and then became endemic. The wildcard is how governments will use or not use their new found powers to continue lockdowns and border closures past any medically necessary point. Book the trip.