[DJ123]

IMO it's incompetence from the current lot at the helm. They are afraid to take action too early, and when they finally take action it's usually rushed with Grey areas to be quantified and not inline with their own guidelines (RE the numbers).
Most the country is now in Tier 4, with a splattering of some in lesser tiers, which are no doubt surrounded by or are near Tier 4 areas. If the infection rate really is that bad why are we not in a national lock down? (no doubt this will happen in the New Year).
Schools; They were asking pre Christmas will there be a delay as they wanted to prepare in case there was, the answer was No. Between Christmas and New Year they U-Turn and say yes, there is a delay to Education returning.

They're currently clueless about what to do now, let alone in the future. I wouldn't be surprised if we're still fumbling around with Hokey Cokey lock downs until May/June.