I fear we're heading for lockdown

Rishi Sunak, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, is desperately trying to avoid a second lockdown. How can he plan for a revived economy if Boris shuts it all down and sends everyone home? But every time Boris says he doesn't want to go down the total lockdown path, I can hear the voices shouting in his ear, "go lockdown, go lockdown, it's the only way". The statistics are getting worse by the day. Intensive care units are already getting filled with patients struggling to breathe. It's back to March and April. The second wave is here and winning. Yet Rishi Sunak has to be right. We cannot afford for the economy to be put on hold. It may be a bleak winter coming up but the country cannot, just cannot, come to a halt. The only way forward is for everyone to wear a mask in public all the time. It won't look nice but it's the only thing that makes sense. Too many people seem to think the virus is a joke or not something which is going to disrupt their lives. Wear masks but keep the economy going. It's the same in the US. The economy is slowly progressing and a lot of people are being sensible and wearing masks and keeping social distance. But the president of the United States, having recovered from a bout of coronavirus, is offering to give hugs and big kisses to all his supporters who come to his rallies, like he's the Messiah or something. If everyone behaves like Trump, here and over there, we will all be in lockdown before we know where we are. Then the economies will go down the tubes. Oh God!!