ITV’s Robert Peston: “Where it has an advantage, potentially at least, is that it may be able to reinfect people who have been previously infected or have been previously vaccinated - that’s the real worry with that particular virus.”While the government’s programme of vaccinating the more vulnerable groups – such as the elderly and people with pre-existing medical conditions – is going well, Professor Edmunds says that it would be "very dangerous" to let the virus rip through the rest of the population.He went on to predict that at least some of the current lockdown restrictions would be with us "probably forever”.Turning to the issue of re-opening schools, Professor Edmunds said that it should probably be a gradual process, with the.