CNN on July 8th [1]:<p>> Removing mandates on July 19 will not only accelerate virus transmission, with substantial increased levels of acute illness, hospitalization, and long COVID, but also create the conditions for the emergence of new variants that could escape vaccine protection<p>CNN on August 20th:<p>> This unexpected drop [after July 19th] was likely down to the fact that contacts between people didn't increase as rapidly as some predicted, and because the Euro 2020 football tournament, which led to a spike in cases, ended on July 11<p>-<p>So many lovely theories!<p>[1] <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/07/health/uk-opening-scientist-letter/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/07/health/uk-opening-scienti...</a>