Here in the UK the cases are going back up again. We're currently lower than France, Spain (which seems to be really taking off), Belgium, Luxembourg and Swede

Here in the UK the cases are going back up again. We're currently lower than France, Spain (which seems to be really taking off), Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden, but have higher rates than Germany and the other Nordic countries. We've had local lockdowns, but we'll have to see if that works. It's the holiday month, and seaside towns are fully booked with tourists. People were desperate for a holiday, my family included, but it seems premature, and these busy seaside places are not suited to social distancing. Hospitals are trying to get the elective work going again, but everyone's keeping an eye on the numbers, which threaten to choke elective pathways. Generally, everyone seems to be struggling a bit psychologically. People are slightly grumpier, slightly more aggressive. Petty crime seems to be going up. My shoe trees were stolen at work. Why? My wife has had to park her usual intellectuality stimulating work and homeschool our children for several months now. She's done with that. I totally empathize with the writer. This has become a war of attrition.