[ritchiebaby]

In my opinion, home learning/blended learning is the answer for secondary schools and universities. The big national surge in cases, etc came in mid-September and was probably caused by people not obeying social distancing rules, rather than restaurants opening up in August. Since mid-September the cases, etc have really accelerated and has little to do with restaurants, bars, shops being open, when there is some control over compliance.

There is no control over different households meeting in private.

All these are general and not specific trends, but I'm not expecting a "normal" family Christmas and New Year. "Normal" to me means having a family meal at home with 8 people from 3 households.