We have yet to plot an accceptable route to herd immunity Mark Honigsbaum

When at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic China placed 45 million people under lockdown, the immediate response was that it could never happen elsewhere. Even though quarantines have been employed in Europe since the 14th century, few of us thought the citizens of mature western democracies could be persuaded to accept similar restrictions. It seemed like a measure from the dark ages.

That imaginative failure arguably lay at the heart of Britain’s decision to pursue