Of course, the aims and successes of Covid-19 lockdowns should continually be reviewed, and this is being done, but pure economic considerations should never outweigh the value of human life, especially if it affects the weak and vulnerable most.

Who speaks for them? Governments are regularly reviewing measures and lifting restrictions, as it should be, but, let us not allow this pandemic to develop into a kind of class struggle...

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