Prediction: the government will continue to say people aren't following the rules, rather than confront the reality that the rules are inadequate and founded on an incorrect understanding of the disease

Prediction No. 2: case numbers will not be permitted to get low enough to control the disease, just in time for Christmas superspreading, so by the end of January we'll be close to where we are now

Prediction No. 3: the future public inquiries will focus entirely on politics, and not on why SAGE's worst-case scenario was so laughably optimistic https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54750775

I'd say a good 50-75% of every future report will be about critiquing the PM and the ministers involved, with virtually no criticism for the atrocious job the UK's 'experts' have done since the beginning of this -- because experts always get off scot-free.

Prediction No. 4: no government guidance will mention ventilation until mid-December

Prediction No. 5: the government will maintain its line about not vaccinating anybody under 50 until about February, when it becomes clear they have more than enough doses and there's literally no reason not to. I (26, M) will not get a jab till late summer at the earliest