Out of the Woods?

The government eased many of the restrictions on June 1st, which was a Monday.

After 11 weeks, M went back to work (she's self employed and had suspended her business during the lockdown). Personally, I think we're heading back a bit too early, but people are suffering and after the Dominic Cummings affair, it was going to be hard to persist with the lock down anyway. 

Last Thursday was the last night of 'The Clap' as people so wittily refer to it. It was good to stand outside the front door and applaud the front line workers until my hands hurt. We're looking now hopefully at a gentle return to normal. But it's going to be tough for pubs, clubs, cinemas, restaurants and theatres. I do hope the majority of them survive.

The source for the graph was the ever brilliant Wikipedia.