LETTER: SA has traded basic freedoms for safety
The executive imposed draconian restrictions far greater than required to deal with the Covid-19 crisis
20 April 2020 - 14:22
Any illusions that South Africans live in a “free” society have been rudely dispelled by the Covid-19 state of disaster. How easily fear encourages societies to trade basic freedoms for vague promises of safety.
Assuming that fewer than 3,000 positive cases of the virus and less than 60 deaths can even be defined as a national disaster, total lockdowns are experimental, having never been attempted before. Certainly, the infection curve has been flattened, but no-one knows what the long-term social implications will be...
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