There is no evidence of a different strain of the virus here to countries that have had so many fewer deaths. What they have, and we have not - is a a different government and attitude of that government to this virus.
At present UK has the highest death rate per population of any country - great chart for us to top!!!!
Must say I have been commenting how good that this has been at its worst during the summer -and we have been blessed with such wonderful weather. Cannot imagine the queues outside supermarkets, etc in cold, dark and wet weather.
Not putting too many of my hopes on a vaccine, none have ever been found for any Covid virus - and they are still working, after three decades, on one for HIV. However, all around the world money is being thrown at this, so perhaps somewhere a group will make that break through,
However, there has been lots of advances in medical aid to fight the virus when someone has it. Hopefully, this area will continue to progress and eventually turn it into something like just a very bad dose of flu.
I do worry about what is going to happen over the next year. When will the shielded people be permitted out? I worry about the fear being engendered in everybody about everyone else. The longer social distancing continues, the greater this will be - and do wonder if we will ever get back to the time of being able to go the theatres, cinemas, sports events, etc. etc.
However, when our leaders totally ignore the advice they have helped to sculpture and give out - it is totally understandable that so many members of the public are just following his lead. Unfortunately, it is likely that these actions will just mean everything here has to go on for so much longer - well into the winter. It is to be expected a further peak alongside the usual annual winter flu increase.