Locked into Lockdown: The never-ending cycle.
Covid-19 is endemic. Seasonal resurgences will be with us forever.
When infections are high, lockdowns will be imposed ‘to protect the health service.’
When infections are low there will be ‘no room for complacency. Vigilance is needed to avoid the next wave. There is an ever-present danger that…’
And whenever the virus mutates, which it will do all the time, border closures and lockdown will be needed ‘to stop the spread’.
There will always be a 'curve to flatten', or an nth wave to avoid or a new variant that may or may not evade current vaccines.
And so there will be no end to devastating cycle of lockdowns that rob children of their education, adults of their liberty and impoverish millions.
Unless there is a fundamental change in the way we live with this virus.
There is another way. Stop treating Covid-19 as the only public health issue. Focus protection on the vulnerable and let the rest of the population get back to their normal lives, or close to it. Accept that we must learn to live with the virus and its mutations without being deprived of livelihoods and liberty.
The alternative is a never-ending cycle of lockdowns and restrictions causing misery and death.
Covid-19 is endemic. Seasonal resurgences will be with us forever.
When infections are high, lockdowns will be imposed ‘to protect the health service.’
When infections are low there will be ‘no room for complacency. Vigilance is needed to avoid the next wave. There is an ever-present danger that…’
And whenever the virus mutates, which it will do all the time, border closures and lockdown will be needed ‘to stop the spread’.
There will always be a 'curve to flatten', or an nth wave to avoid or a new variant that may or may not evade current vaccines.
And so there will be no end to devastating cycle of lockdowns that rob children of their education, adults of their liberty and impoverish millions.
Unless there is a fundamental change in the way we live with this virus.
There is another way. Stop treating Covid-19 as the only public health issue. Focus protection on the vulnerable and let the rest of the population get back to their normal lives, or close to it. Accept that we must learn to live with the virus and its mutations without being deprived of livelihoods and liberty.
The alternative is a never-ending cycle of lockdowns and restrictions causing misery and death.