With our omnishambles Government obsessed with Omnicron variants, and also the birth of the omnipotent Lord (ie Christmas), I think we can safely assume that, whatever data emerges in the next two weeks, we can safely assume that significantly harsher measures will be introduced to stop New Year's Eve partying. If we get good news on the disease it will be put down to abundance of caution and rapid growth in cases, but it will come anyway.