British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced “the lifting of COVID-19 vaccine passports, mask mandates and work-from-home guidance in England,” from 20th January, on the back of “wildly incorrect” modelling. [3, 4]

Now with masks the basic policy will be to “trust the judgment of the British people and no longer criminalize anyone who chooses not to wear one.”  The virus is not going to be eradicated, we have to learn to live with it. [1, 2]