As I said here before, we want to look forward not back, and looking back is looking at lockdowns. That’s why booster shots is so important and we have been able to secure that vaccine so people should be encouraged to get the booster shot when they are eligible, but I think we can live safely with the virus.
Of course, there will be hospitalisations and tragically, even some deaths, but the alternative to see economy-wide lockdowns and seeing people confined to their homes and, to see a repeat of the curfews, that is not on.
I think it had a big impact, not just in terms of job losses, but it also had what Patrick McGorry has termed an impact on people’s wellbeing, so as not just about preventing Covid and the illness and is we should also be focused on people’s general wellbeing as well.