All hands on deck to fight virus

Writer: De Waal Steyn.

Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde has called on the national government to take a “common-sense approach” to the rules and regulations during the lockdown period. This follows a lot of debate online about how regulations, especially relating to what you can buy at the shops, are being interpreted. The issues at hand have been complex for decision-makers, as “evidence-based” statements made confidently one day, turned out to be less clear or even incorrect the next.

As news portal Daily Maverick stated: “This is not due to poor decision-making, but reflects the rapid influx of new and changing information. What usually takes years, is happening in days. Some of the sweeping interventions implemented in South Africa seemed unthinkable just weeks before. Closing borders, restricting movement, closing schools and businesses and physical distancing have all been instituted based on expert opinion, learning from other countries, or rapidly-developed scientific models.

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