Ioannis Alexopoulos People celebrate as they queue up for entry at the Viaduct Bar in Leeds, after the final legal coronavirus restrictions were lifted in England at midnight. But the current situation doesn’t support such optimism. Infection rates are now the worst in Europe and the death rate is climbing. By contrast, Australia has much lower death and infection rates, but state authorities have responded with lockdowns. Furthermore, many scientists have condemned the opening-up policy. The authors of the John Snow Memorandum stress the risks to the 17 million people in the UK who have not been vaccinated, and state: