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Re: "relaxed lockdown"
I'm reminded of growing up under the hand of my gogo and attending a primary school where generally more privileged kids went. I understood my more humble situation at home so there were things that I saw and desired at school but I knew I couldn't,
I'm reminded of growing up under the hand of my gogo and attending a primary school where generally more privileged kids went. I understood my more humble situation at home so there were things that I saw and desired at school but I knew I couldn't,
In good conscious, ask for them at home. Things like cutting edge swimming goggles (leave me, I was a child and that was my priority at the time 
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So when I see the "relaxed lockdown" and compare it to the response here in the UK where the government has doubled down on their lockdown and aid to the economy and households, I'm taken back to that primary school response.
The logic for lockdowns is to ensure that not everyone gets sick and needs hospitalization at the same time. Thereby causing health systems to crumble under pressure. So while they may want to lockdown fully like other countries there are peculiar pressures at home...
Prior to Covid-19 we'd frequently read of drug shortages in hospitals, inadequate or late funding for Free Primary Education and in-school feeding programs, lack of funds for CoLA, late/inadequate funding for student allowances, and so on and so on...
Then Covid-19 hits and suddenly there are so many more people that need to be covered by a barely there social net, while Government doesn't seem to have the fiscal space to accommodate them; especially since SACU receipts and tax revenue aren't going to be what was projected
Which is also a function of Covid-19. One can look at that list and think "but these aren't essential workers, could these services have not waited for the additional 21 days?" I'd say no... people will starve in their homes.
The question then is what effect will the more relaxed lockdown have in our efforts to curb transmissions and to flatten the curve? I think we can all take a guess at that one. Despite that, I'm finding it a little difficult to be too harsh on the direction taken...
NB. I've deliberately left out "moving parts" from this thread, please don't include them.
Just a discussion of the financial state of government VS the expected response to Covid-19... what are your thoughts? Is my lived "understanding" making me too soft on them?
Just a discussion of the financial state of government VS the expected response to Covid-19... what are your thoughts? Is my lived "understanding" making me too soft on them?
