DA urges the SA government to swiftly phase out the lockdown as it is wreaking catastrophic socio-economic damage
MARCH 31: Police officers and members of the SANDF patrolled the streets in Alexandra.There is a nationwide lockdown, as part of the new regulations to halt the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Picture: ALON SKUY
Meanwhile, 25% of households do not have money to buy food and the number is growing daily. Keeping people under house arrest without providing an adequate safety net is morally and legally indefensible. It is downright cruel. The truth is, mortality estimates are too low to justify this national lockdown. Scant progress has been made in building hospital capacity — the government has clearly failed to achieve in six weeks what it initially planned to achieve in three. And the government has no handle on the data and therefore cannot make data-driven decisions. This is unconscionable, considering the cost and sacrifices borne by the citizenry.
Australia offers a crucial insight into Covid’s fatality rate. Looking at resolved cases only, the mortality rate for those below 70 years of age is 0.2%. Since the true number of infections will be greater than the confirmed cases, the true mortality rate in the 0-69 age group will be lower still — significantly less than the 2%-4% that initially motivated the lockdowns around the world.
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