I thought vaccine was going to be a 'get out of jail free' card

Almost since the start of the Covid-19 hysteria, we have been told that vaccine is THE ANSWER.

But I have been reading articles this weekend that suggest that even if 80% to 85% of people are vaccinated, we must still carry on with the ridiculous 'anti-social distancing' measure that forces people to converse while standing the best part of eight feet (in old money, you younger readers) away from one another.

This is not natural but a new wave of hype is starting about the new spike in deaths (1,000 to 1,500 a day in the UK according to some calculations) that will follow if we don't carry on with the practice till at least the end of 2021.

If vaccines are not going to enable something vaguely resembling normality to return, what is the bloody point of the expense and effort involved, I ask myself. Cue trolls.

But there is the rub. I have said from the start that governments around the world who have accidentally acquired total dominion over the everyday life of every citizen under their iron fist without firing a shot are not going to sacrifice said dominion.

We live in a new permanent. I, for one, feel I am going slightly bonkers, but that matters not a jot as we must accept endless privation of liberty so our various health services will not be overwhelmed.

And remember, as the late great Frank Herbert told us: An immobile population is easier to control.