We had to agree on something eventually!
There are going to be new strains appearing forever now, although hopefully after a few years it will be similar to flu strains, and a consensus needs to be formed about what we do going forward. I kind of get why people would hold off and let others...
I don't think there will be any lockdown restrictions in place by Christmas but if there was I would follow them. Problem is we could go a long way if people would view their Christmas plans through the Covid lens and review them and instead of having a dozen extended family meet on Christmas...