How Long
The longer the lockdown continues the worse will be the impact on the economy and society
The government will be making an announcement on Sunday, explaining their plans for easing the lockdown. Ahead of the announcement debates are raging in the media about whether now is the right time to ease the restrictions, what precautions should be taken, whether particular groups within society should continue to isolate.
The scientists are still unsure about how the virus spreads and what precautions are actually effective. What is clear however is that the longer the lockdown continues the worse will be the impact on the economy and society, on the general well being of us all. We have to get the country working again. If we don't, how many will lose their jobs? What will be the effect on the health of those suffering poverty and the lowering of living standards?
The lockdown has to end soon.
5th May 2020