For the clinically vulnerable, “Freedom Day” has yet to arrive
When will those who have spent 21 months isolating be able to mingle freely again?
MARK NICHOLLS would not allow a parcel into his home, let alone a friend. Deliveries sat outside for 48 hours: he could not risk any exposure to covid-19, even from a box. Twenty-one months on he is confident enough to visit the supermarket—but only at 11pm, once crowds have thinned. “My life is permanently altered,” he says. “Every journey has to be meticulously planned to limit the risk. I need to avoid crowded places. I will be working from home indefinitely.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Underlying issues”
Britain December 11th 2021
- Behind the chaos and scandal of Boris Johnson’s government lies stasis
- A court bashes Uber into compliance—again
- For the clinically vulnerable, “Freedom Day” has yet to arrive
- Britain is liberalising its listing rules to revive its battered bourse
- Nostalgia and the profit motive have created a market in old phone kiosks
- The robots are gathering to help beat Britain’s supply-chain shortages
- Britain’s new suburbs are peculiar places
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