ANDREW LAPPING: A fatally flawed lockdown plan
As alarming fatality predictions are revised, the data shows SA’s lockdown is doing more harm than good
14 May 2020 - 05:00
As South Africans, we want our country to prosper and everyone’s quality of life to improve. Millions live in poverty and rely on family to get by: life is tough, and often short, as malnutrition and hardship take their toll.
However, I am concerned that the lockdown, and the resulting economic hardship inflicted on our people, will cost more lives than it can save...
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