Remarkable piece by Richard Cash and Vikram Patel. I will paste one long quote in a thread. Has COVID-19 subverted global health? https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31089-8/fulltext#.XrbwOav9ZOg.twitter

"Concurrently, we suggest that countries must let people
get on with their lives—to work, earn money, and put food on the table. Let shop keepers open and sell their wares and provide services. Let construction workers return to building sites.....

"...Allow farmers to harvest their crops and to transport
them to be sold on the open market. Allow health workers to do their daily work as before, with sensible precautions such as use of gloves and masks to minimise the risk of exposure to the virus....."

"....And allow the average citizen to travel freely with restrictions only applied to clusters where lockdowns
are necessary. Livelihoods are an imperative for saving
lives...."

"...Some will say such an approach, which runs the risk
of spreading disease, implies that the lives of poor people
are not as valuable as those in wealthy countries. Nothing
could be further from the truth....."

"The policies of widespread lockdowns and a focus on high-technology health care might unintentionally lead to even more sickness and death, disproportionately affecting the poor."

"...And, if such policies are mandated by global consensus, then global financial institutions must write off outstanding debts from low-income countries and finance the needed resources to underwrite the economic recovery of these countries."