England must head into an “uncertain” winter fully prepared for a new wave of the pandemic, Boris
Johnson will warn next week as he unveils a blueprint for to avoid shutting schools and pubs again.The prime minister’s Covid winter plan for England will set out “contingency” measures – which could involve the reintroduction of some nationwide restrictions such as social distancing or masks – that would come into force if case numbers and hospitalisations begin to overwhelm the NHS again.
No 10 is hoping the blueprint will appease Tory anti-lockdown rebels, who are already in revolt over the government’s plans to extend emergency Covid powers for another six months, with a vote expected later in September.
Setting out the government’s thinking on the pandemic, the prime minister is likely to strike a more cautious note than he has done in recent months, warning the public to continue being careful as cases are rising. The hope within Downing Street is that people will take it upon themselves to take extra precautions without the need for formal restrictions.
The prime minister’s Covid plan for England is expected to coincide with announcements from the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation (JCVI) on booster jabs and from the UK’s chief medical officers on the vaccination of schoolchildren aged 12-15.
All that money spent, all that effort made, all those people dead, all those people afflicted with long-term health conditions … and the “Fourth Wave” is about to begin … 
Obviously BJ is to blame because he let the “Indian” variant into the UK and, despite the much-vaunted vaccination program, he’s done nothing to prevent new reported case levels to rise to 40,000 a day (1,200,000 a month) and COVID-related deaths to rise to 150 a day (4,500 a month) while hospitalisations are running at 1,000 a day (30,000 a month) … 
