UK's 'Freedom Day': The Future For COVID-19, Or A Fiasco?

With millions of Aussies still in lockdown, it's tempting to look overseas and assume that other countries must be doing a better job when it comes to rolling out the vaccine, and rolling back the restrictions. But one week after people in England celebrated their so-called 'Freedom Day', what has the impact been of removing almost all restrictions, supposedly once and for all? The Quicky speaks to two experts based in England to find out whether what's happening there is the future of living with COVID-19, or a total disaster. Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri Guests: Lotta Haegg - Broadcast Journalist for BBC Radio London Dr Andrew Divers - Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Psychological Science at Teesside University in England CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.