As with eveyone, I am saddened and disappointed that a second national lockdown is happening, BUT am certain it is necessary. We can deliberate that scientific advice should have been followed / that this should have happened sooner / that if this had happened restrictions might have been able to be lifted faster etc: BUT all we can do with this is deliberate: I do hope of course that true lessons have been learnt which will support the resolutions of the future. We are where we are NOW and I'm afraid this action is vital.
With regards to regional considerations, I live in Liskeard: South East Cornwall. As a county, we appear to be doing relitively okay; but our R (reproduction) rate is above 1 albeit from a slightly lower baseline - without intervention this will grow. The county has a population which includes high numbers of vulnerable people has just one acute hospital (Treliske) who's capacity without Covid is frequently stretched:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-54706796
Where I live, secondary care provision is delivered in Plymouth: a city which was on the brink of moving from tier 1 to 2. I really hope the new measures are effective. The simple advice that all people should have followed which boils down to ''doing everything as individuals that we can to avoid getting the virus and doing everything as individuals that we can to avoid infecting others'' has not been followed by far too many people. It is horrible to think of the economic hardships that will be forced upon people, but once health is sorted, ultimately the economy will improve and recover. Lives lost cannot be brought back.
Warm wishes to all, Wayne