OPINION: A strict lockdown is not only unenforceable, but the question must be asked: is it necessary at all? The examples of South Korea, Taiwan and Sweden suggest perhaps not.
ause of a whole latticework of reasons, which have to do with contradictory ANC policies and their implementation.initial, decisive move to impose strict lockdown conditions
At the outset, a strict lockdown seemed like a good idea, on the important supposition, not only that people would obey the regulations, but also that they would, by and large, be in a position to do so. Both turned out to be incorrect assumptions, and the latter to be the more significant of the two.
, indicated that exercise would be allowed — a sensible attitude, considering that exercise strengthens one’s immune system, which is of paramount importance in the present situation., somewhat like a bull in a china shop, elbowed in on the health minister’s terrain, overruling him, and banned all exercise.
The point is not only that exercise is good for us, but also that it gets one out into the open air in present circumstances, so that your immune system gets a boost, as Bill Maher so humourously indicates in theBut the absurdity concerning exercise does not end there. When level five of the lockdown made way for level four, this time, apparently, with Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Ministerin charge, we were informed that we could exercise between 6am and 9am.
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