Here are the four steps needed to safely end the UK’s Covid lockdown | Jeanelle de Gruchy
There are no magic bullets to solve this pandemic, but designing and funding tools that work should give us optimism
- Jeanelle de Gruchy is president of the Association of Directors of Public Health
Directors of public health across the UK have been thinking deeply about how our communities can live with Covid-19 in the months ahead. Although people have shown remarkable commitment to looking out for one another during this past year, we can’t afford to endure an endless cycle of lockdowns forever. The social, physical, mental and economic costs are simply too high. But neither can we accept high levels of Covid-19. Increased transmission results in a greater risk of new variants emerging and leads to severe illness and death.
So as the government prepares to issue its forthcoming “roadmap” for easing restrictions, what should this look like? There are four principles that should guide the government’s approach to lifting the lockdown.
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