Nightclubs are set to reopen from 19 July with no cap on attendance. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
Sun 11 Jul 2021 02.00 EDT
The case for âyesâ, by Professor Dominic Wilkinson
At the start of this pandemic, one key ethical justification for restrictions was to protect the NHS from being overwhelmed. Yet, despite rapidly rising cases, the number of patients in hospital with Covid has remained relatively low (similar to the start of October). It is clear that the vaccination programme is reducing deaths and hospital admissions from Covid-19. The benefit of continuing restrictions is now far smaller than it was.
There are certainly dangers. We could prevent cases of Covid and some deaths by continuing lockdown measures for some while longer. Indeed, we could prevent the greatest number of Covid deaths by reversing previous decisions and returning to stricter lockdown, for example, stopping people from meeting outside household bubbles and closing restaurants, pubs and sc
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