As England stumbles towards the end of the year, confused about whether to socialise, and worried the predicted explosion of infections from already record levels could mean another Christmas isolated from friends and family – how on earth did we get here?
Earlier this year Boris Johnson was riding high on a ‘vaccine bounce’, with the UK boasting of the most successful immunisation programme in the world.
But the risks were clear. For months, we’ve known that vaccine immunity from two doses is unlikely to last very long. And we’ve known that new variants could well challenge that further.
