Tony Blair: I completely agree with the govt’s strategy. I’m not making a criticism, I’m making a suggestion.

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When you look at the dilemma at the heart of this crisis, it’s this: You have to lockdown the entire country, even though those who require isolation are a small proportion.

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TB: The only way you resolve this is through testing on a mass scale. I would put a senior minister in charge of testing, working with people who have business experience of how you ramp up industrial-scale production, plus scientific & technology experts. https://bbc.in/2SKZQwb ">https://bbc.in/2SKZQwb&q...

Tony Blair: If suppressing the disease and ensuring that fewer than 10% get the disease is the strategy, then you may have to have the lockdown in place for a long period of time.

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Tony Blair: That economic damage doesn’t just affect the economy, but also affects your ability to operate your health system effectively.

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