We salute readers for their astonishing energy and resilience over the last 12 months

Hope at last after year like no other

THIS has been 12 months unlike no other in modern British history.

Tuesday marks a year since a stunned-looking Boris Johnson addressed the nation telling them to stay home to ­protect the NHS.

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The Sun on Sunday salutes readers for astonishing energy and resilience which kept the country going[/caption]

At the time, no one would have believed that we would still be bound by measures which restrict our most sacred freedoms.

The toll on everyone has been vast — from front-line medics and nurses to parents battling to save their jobs while home-schooling.

And so far, 126,122 people have died.

The Sun on Sunday salutes readers for astonishing energy and resilience which kept the country going.

As Tony Parsons writes today, the nation has been ripped and riven by powerful forces beyond our control.

Rishi Sunak won’t be the only chancellor counting the cost of the pandemic.

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Boris Johnson will always be accused of locking down too late as we saw Europe suffer at the hands of the virus[/caption]

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Rishi Sunak won’t be the only chancellor counting the cost of the pandemic[/caption]

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The vaccine rollout — which has seen half the adult population jabbed — has been a stunning success[/caption]

The package of government support has reached £407billion and will be felt for generations to come.

And we still don’t know the true cost to employment with so many on furlough.

Boris Johnson will always be accused of locking down too late as we saw Europe suffer at the hands of the virus.

But the vaccine rollout — which has seen half the adult population jabbed — has been a stunning success.

Now new challenges lie ahead.

There are growing fears of a third wave with the South African strain of the virus posing a threat.

Our experience reveals that we won’t be able to keep it at bay indefinitely.

We desperately need the Novavax ­vaccine — which is proven to be effective against the South African mutation.

In the meantime, our drive and energy are ready to be unleashed once again as soon as restrictions are lifted.

The best of times lie ahead.

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