Headline begs the question - what the hell did we think we were doing between August and November? Numbers were low which makes R very hard to calculate. When

Headline begs the question - what the hell did we think we were doing between August and November? Numbers were low which makes R very hard to calculate. When numbers are low, it doesn't matter much if there is some growth. And, finally, we were under tiered area restrictions depending on local rates (though I felt the chosen restrictions were a bit odd). Finally, in some parts of the country, a full lockdown didn't really make sense even when it was ordered (though arguably, this is lockdown-lite compared to the spring).