Originally Posted by
Misco60
The pressure to reopen international travel will, I think, be greatly outweighed by the pressure not to let the pandemic get out of control again and risk another national lockdown. Polls show that most people are fed up with the lockdown but also support a very cautious lifting of restrictions.
Actually, the government's advisors are expecting another post-vaccination Covid wave, so really all a "cautious lifting of restrictions" does is change the timing of the 3rd wave. And I suppose it makes people think something is being done.