Hopefully, the latest firmer restrictions will do the trick in ‘breaking the back of the virus’ in around 12 weeks. However, I have heard from an old acquaintance, who shall we say is well connected, that the Government were advised to indicate that time scale on purpose due to psychological reasons. The human mind will accept three months as reasonable and easy to digest. In reality, the Government are working on a much longer period of time but do not wish to say so at this stage. In practice, we will get 12 weeks down the line and then the Government will simply extend it. I sincerely hope my old friend’s tale is off the mark or we could end up with a bigger problem than currently envisaged.
