Originally Posted by
flashware
Feels a bit early for Israel to open up given their current case numbers but there you go.
https://amp.ft.com/content/4cf1b235-...4-95846a0ecf36
High vaccination rate but still lots of cases. Lockdown for us with medium vaccination rate... Much lower numbers. I'd rather let the data and science dictate when it makes sense to reopen, as much as I'd like to just push on with opening up. Patience is key, we've waited this long what's a few more weeks etc.
Well Texas is 100% open without masks, even California which is the strictest state in the USA has indoor dining open at 25%, so yes the UK's rules look incredibly strict in comparison despite having low infection rates and quite a few vaccines.
Cases are crazy low. 6000 out of 1600000? That's less than 0.4% positivity! Even the ONS survey says London 0.3% positivity!
Be very careful with the word science, lockdowns were never an exact science and it sounds like you are trying to go for Zero Covid which is not realistic.