COVID-19: Time for Plan B?

 I said way back in November that if the (then) current measures were not stopping the spread of the virus, why did we persist in continuing with them?

Successive lockdowns haven't stopped the spread of the virus, masks, perspex screens, closing pubs, closing non-essential shops, the lot. None of it has stopped the spread of the virus.

Now we have the new, more transmissible variant that has the ability to get round these measures, there's even less reason to continue with the same measures over and over again.

I haven't yet seen a proper inquiry into where the virus is spreading. Where exactly are these people contacting each other?

Is it at work? Is it in the Supermarket? Is it on Public Transport? Just exactly where are people transmitting the virus to each other? After all the NHS covid app should be storing when and where people are in contact, so it shouldn't be rocket science to extract that information from the app to get a picture of the most risky activities 

Even though not all people have downloaded and activated the NHS covid track and trace application, the government should in theory be able to get enough information on when and where people were infected. If the app doesn't supply that sort of information, then it's next to useless, because the only way to stamp out on transmission is to reduce or suppress those activities that are spreading the virus.

Also, the statistics on where the virus is most liable to be spread can be passed onto the public and then even the most sceptical lockdown-deniers can make an informed choice on whether they avoid those areas of contact and transmission.

In order to get on top of the virus, we have to change our strategy. Doing the same things over and over again that are provably not stopping the spread of the virus is a waste of time, resources and is losing people their jobs unnecessarily.

Lets work smarter, work better and beat the virus.