07-01-2020, 02:16 PM
(Edited 07-01-2020, 02:18 PM by CritchSmile.)
https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1...45569?s=21
I mentioned a week or so ago about people are becoming way too attached to lockdown as a means to combat the virus. We really have reached the mental capacity of the population to self isolate.
Now that the virus is under control somewhat in Scotland, it's all about monitoring and testing locally so you can isolate spikes in the population.
This is why schools should return at end of August. If there are spikes in certain areas/schools then we can adjust the local guidance and move to blended learning/temporary lockdown, but the familiarity with national lockdowns is worrying. They should only be last resort and as a consequence of poor planning.
(I'm sympathetic to Begbie's argument that's this is a great opportunity to change models of learning, but that's an educational policy argument, not a public health/national security position).
I mentioned a week or so ago about people are becoming way too attached to lockdown as a means to combat the virus. We really have reached the mental capacity of the population to self isolate.
Now that the virus is under control somewhat in Scotland, it's all about monitoring and testing locally so you can isolate spikes in the population.
This is why schools should return at end of August. If there are spikes in certain areas/schools then we can adjust the local guidance and move to blended learning/temporary lockdown, but the familiarity with national lockdowns is worrying. They should only be last resort and as a consequence of poor planning.
(I'm sympathetic to Begbie's argument that's this is a great opportunity to change models of learning, but that's an educational policy argument, not a public health/national security position).
"You’ll do plums"