Yes, a further lockdown will be awful, it will be detrimental to mental health, the livelihoods of many, and education.

It will also be the right thing to do because left unchecked, it will overwhelm the NHS. We are already from the edge.

You can believe in both things.

People who advocate tougher restrictions don't love them, it's not like we want to eliminate all fun or enjoyment, it's because reducing social mixing and contacts will reduce transmission of covid, in turn this will save lives.

So unless you, Katie from Facebook wandering around an Outpatients corridor late at night, want to actually see people being ventilated in Costa Coffee, please stfu.