The daily coronavirus cases reported in the UK went past 50,000 yesterday - the highest number there since mid-January and one of the highest rates of infection in the world.
Between Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, almost 140,000 people were infected - about the same number who are expected to attend the British Grand Prix at Silverstone tomorrow.
And on Monday, the last legal restrictions introduced to combat the spread of Covid-19 will be lifted. Nightclubs open, pints at the bar, sports venues back to normal, no mask wearing laws.
Just as the virus is rampant again. How can these things be reconciled? The British government argues that the widespread vaccination programme has changed the calculus, breaking the link between infection,