Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at free market think tank Institute of Economic Affairs, said: Plan B restrictions cannot be abolished a moment too soon. Vaccine passports have never worked anywhere and face masks are largely theatrical.
As heavily restricted Europe continues to struggle with the virus, England has a falling infection rate and should see good economic growth from February onwards.
Omicron was a major bump in the road, but England's strategy of opening up in summer and rolling out boosters in the autumn has been vindicated.
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Further IEA reading:
Ignore the Zero Covid fanatics - there is no reason to think the UK needs another lockdown, by Christopher Snowdon
Is this the real reason Boris introduced Covid restrictions?, by Christopher Snwodon