Phasing out lockdown requires focus on trade-offs, fears and trust
Even if effectively implemented, economic support measures will not offset socio-economic costs incurred
01 June 2020 - 08:45
As SA moves to level 3 of the national lockdown it is even more apparent that successfully phasing out a lockdown is vastly more complicated than imposing one. It requires carefully balancing trade-offs, handling fears and maintaining trust — all on the basis of shifting evidence and inadequate information, but with profound economic consequences.
Even if effectively implemented, well-intentioned economic support measures will not offset the socio-economic costs that have already been incurred; nor will they arrest the irreversible economic damage that is already evident...
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