2020 Covid Chronicles | Post-2020 Reflection | NOV20-FEB21 Lockdown 2.0 and 3.0

 

As November rolled around, the Alpha Variant (UK) and Beta Variant (South African) were prominent enough to shut down the hospitality industry again. Eventually, a 'Tier System' was introduced to slow down the shutdown of 'non-essential' trade of good and services. This was Lockdown 2.0. Schools were still operating, but it was clear that the mutation of the virus was now targeting the ages that the initial infection did not previously 'attract'. Eventually, as Christmas came through, everyone was shut in and celebrations did not exist.

As the New Year rolled in, there was nothing 'happy' about 2021. Eventually, the rising numbers in Brazil released a new variant, the Gamma Variant, and drove the world into a new panic. The UK went into Lockdown 3.0, shutting schools and re-enforcing the work-from-home mandate, reverting back to Lockdown 1.0 protocols.

It was a very long and uneventful winter. Lockdown was a reality. Lockdown was normal. 3.0 is the post-Covid way of living.

Next: Slow Easing