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WHO View on Lockdowns

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Martin.A

Martin.A

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As Wales announces a return to total lockdown, starting Friday, it's interesting to note what the World Health Organisation's Dr David Nabarro said only last week:-

"Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer. We in the World Health Organisation do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus".

Martin
 
Now that has surprised me Martin, I would have thought the WHO would have been an advocate of lockdown. Interesting!
 
lockdowns do nothing more than reduce infection rates and as soon as the lockdown is lifted we see an increase.

what we all need is vaccine and a safe one.
 
I think WHO's point is that lockdowns are what you have to do when your primary measures have failed - ie when you're lacking in some or all of contact tracing, hygiene+distancing behaviour, compliance with isolation requirements.
 
Of course they don't recommend lockdowns: they're a really expensive (in all kinds of ways) blunt tool that you use when you don't have anything else that will do.
 
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