A few weeks ago, as the government was preparing for a great reopening on 21 June, I wrote a cover story for The Spectator with some bad news: a third wave was coming, I argued, and it could be even bigger than the second.
It jarred with the mood. Covid cases were falling and a great many people desperately wanted this to be the end of it.
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