Bill Harvey: Charley says

I hope that, by the time you read this, there will be no doubt in anyone’s mind about the importance of a full lockdown and that, albeit with a heavy heart, we are all avoiding contact with others except for a very few justifiable reasons.

Early signs suggest not only is the new variant virus much more transmissible (confirmed), but infected patients of all ages are falling ill and developing life-threatening symptoms in increasing numbers. Regardless, however transmissible the new virus proves to be, infection is not possible if you have no contact with it; avoiding contact with others and where they have been works, as was proved by the initial lockdown last March.