As to the original question, when ymb writes "If you are talking about right now then I am against lockdown," then I can't say I disagree with this (emphasis added). I'm not sure I understand the Government's strategy. For most of June and July, while the lockdown of April/May was being eased, I was expecting to see cases and maybe deaths start to rise. Not sure I ever said as much on AB, but it was pretty clear from my tone. I was pleased to see that, for the most part, they did not, and indeed ONS deaths data suggested that the death rate had returned to normal. Under those circumstances, wasn't that a sign that the Government's approach was working, and that my concerns of a rapid-onset "second peak" were overblown? I didn't say anything because I was waiting to see what the data showed, and they seemed to show that the worst was behind us and we could gradually re-open.
Now, of course, it was inevitable that re-opening would eventually lead to an uptick in case rate, because of course it would. But it still seems slow, linear growth at most for the last few weeks. But, even if it were something to be concerned about, I'd thought it was part of the Government's strategy to tolerate small increases as long as the NHS wasn't overwhelmed (or at least as long as there was no significant corresponding increase in hospitalisations and deaths). The announcement on Friday seems to directly go against that strategy.