For a while we were doing okay. We’d emerged from the third wave and our Covid-19 caseload was the lowest it had been since the start of the pandemic. Europe was dominating headlines as it became the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic once more – Austria went into full lockdown and restrictions were put on public life in several countries. Here, though, we were daring to dream that we might not have a severe fourth wave, especially as we’d already seen the worst of the Delta variant run rampant throughout Europe.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2021 10:21 UTC