[pdurrant]

The solution until a vaccine is available is to

a) strong lock down to reduce transmission as quickly as possible
b) Once the number of cases is significantly* down, ease up on the lock down to get people back to work
c) Make sure you can track and trace new infections and contacts
d) Keep a really close eye on transmission through random testing, to make sure that numbers don't rise again**

We won't be able to go back to the way things were last year without a vaccine. But we can probably get most people back to work, but we'll need to retain changes to the way we behave and large unprotected crowds are certainly out.


*how much down is a judgement call
** the tricky bit is that numbers always lag. So at the first sign of numbers rising from unknown sources of infection, some return to lock down must be made.