There are those in the government who would be willing to hold on to the lockdown if for no other reason than being seen to bow to DA pressure and to follow the opposition party’s suggestions.
Much of the country appears to be going “stir crazy” as we move into the eighth week of the coronavirus lockdown. Stir crazy, to give its dictionary definition, means “psychologically disturbed, especially as a result of being confined or imprisoned”.
Even though South Africans have been given back some freedoms under Level 4 of the lockdown and have the tantalising glimpse of more after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised a move to Level 3 by the end of the month, the strains are beginning to show. Gray and other experts are also saying there is evidence of widespread negative medical impacts because of the lockdown – including avoidable current and future deaths from conditions such as heart disease and cancer, because hospitals have been postponing this type of screening while preparing for Covid-19 patients.
One thing which is emerging from this pandemic is that the science is far from settled and that the lockdown strategy is worth critically examining.
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