You have a perfectly sensible comment, you're already downvoted as if you said the earth is flat.
Very disappointing.
That's because you're drawing conclusions from data that are not that far off from "the earth is flat".
Remember: the UK released most of its restrictions, including masks and lockdowns in a so-called "freedom day". Experts said the country was performing a dangerous experiment on the entire world. Cases started plunging just three days later. To compare people pointing out the proven, beyond any doubt unreliability of claims about COVID to flat earthers shows just how ideological and blind this whole thing has become.
So you're confirming what I said? "Last year" isn't "recently", meaning the current rise has nothing to do with dropping restrictions.
More than anything else it looks like it's fully seasonal, with timing of the the drops and rises this year matching last year pretty closely regardless of restrictions.
Yes, I agree that COVID denialism and antivax feelings are this way. :)
honestly if you weren't on the internet you'd just be that weird guy at the bar spouting conspiracy theories and blaming the "man" but instead you're here on an international forum doing the same with the same "weight" as some industry titans and other thought leaders.