Between 5 March, when the UK had its first coronavirus-related death, and 31 July, the nation reached an official death toll of 45,999. This is much higher than estimates given in March by both an Imperial College study, which predicted 5,700 deaths, and by health chief X who said keeping the deaths below 20,000 would be a “good result”. Despite the high numbers, lockdown restrictions have gradually been eased in most of England. But on 31 July, The UK Prime Minister warned that infection rates across England were slowly beginning to creep up.
The prime minister described the situation as “the warning light on the dashboard” and The government’s chief medical adviser said the UK was reaching “the limit of what we can do”. These foreboding statements come just 24 hours after Mr. PM warned our European neighbors were beginning to experience signs of the much-dreaded “second wave”. On 28…
