Boris Johnson is locking down England until mid-February in the hope that the new vaccinations will show their effect by then.

That’s what we can glean from his announcement on January 4.

The alternative is that he has been told to keep everybody isolated until he knows whether the vaccine will work on the new strain of Covid-19.

You won’t have gathered that from what he told us all in his televised announcement, of course. Why would he bother to tell us what’s really going on?

Instead, he concentrated on his (false) claim that this new lockdown is needed because the new Covid variant has been pushing infections – and deaths – through the roof.

We don’t know that this is true. In fact, it is more likely that his silly attempts to tinker with the isolation he has forced on us are responsible for the terrifying increases.

Last year he insisted on having the shortest possible lockdown – starting it too late and ending it too early – because (we think) he needs to keep the economy ticking over for the sake of rich industrialists who donate generously to the Conservatives.

Keir Starmer (according to the same argument) backs him up to the hilt because he is at the beck and call of his own donors.

For clarity, here are the (new) new rules, courtesy of the BBC:

• People cannot leave their homes except for certain reasons, like the first lockdown last March
• These include essential medical needs, food shopping, exercise and work for those who cannot do so from home
• All schools and colleges will close to most pupils from Tuesday with remote learning until February half term
• Early years settings such as nurseries will stay open
• End-of-year exams will not take place this summer as normal
• Elsewhere, university students should not return to campuses and will be taught online
• Restaurants can continue to offer food delivery, but takeaway alcohol will be banned
• Outdoor sports venues – such as golf courses, tennis courts and outside gyms – must close
• But outdoor playgrounds will remain open
• Amateur team sports are not allowed, but elite sport such as Premier League football can continue

This Writer watched his announcement and my tweeted responses (and any discussion they prompted) say everything you need to know about what he told us:

The announcement means some people in England won’t have seen family members and friends in person for nearly a year – more than a year in some cases – by the time the new lockdown ends.

Some are likely to pass away, due to completely different causes from Covid-19, before any reunions can happen. Some have already done so.

It is absolutely tragic, but we must not let the amount of noise circulating around this issue cloud our judgement.

The peril to all of us is extreme because we are being attacked by two killers:

Firstly, the very competent murderer that is being passed from hand to unwitting hand; secondly, the killer-by-incompetence who is managing to wipe us out from Downing Street.

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