Vaccines are working well and infection levels have fallen five times since the beginning of the year.
So why, many may ask, is there so much caution?
It is still a very delicate situation. Almost half of hospital admissions to Covid occurred in their 70s, so there are still many vulnerable people who are not protected.
Schools are not seen as a significant factor in infection, but modeling still suggests that opening them to all students can raise levels of infection.
And the high infection rates when vaccines are being launched is the perfect breeding ground for mutations. While this is, to some extent, inevitable in the long run, experts believe it would be foolish to do anything that would encourage them at the moment.
But instead of making things worse, it is quite possible that they can get better. The seasons can reduce the spread of the virus and, together with the effect of the vaccine, the UK can find very low rates quickly.
Calls to move faster would soon grow.