Andrew Dickens Afternoons

One thing I’ve noticed in long running stories is that people seem to forget that things change. Often that change happens within a week.  What is true at the beginning of the day is not the case by sundown, I thought this as Dr David Nabarro from the WHO appealed to world leaders yesterday, telling them to stop "using lockdowns as your primary control method" of the coronavirus. His main reason is that lockdowns are make the globe’s poor even poorer.  He could have added that it also makes the globe’s sick even sicker as they miss out on ongoing treatment. This is a chilling message as many countries, like the UK and Canada, look to re-enter lockdowns due to a re-emergence of outbreaks It’s also led to many people claiming that the widespread use of lockdowns in the first place was the wrong thing to do.Now, that’s not the right way to look at things. Lockdowns should only ever be used when transmission is high.  A short sharp shock to break the back.What’s changed since the beginning of the year and now is