South Africa’s lockdown is one of the most harmful in the world, says Business for Ending Lockdown (B4EL).
The organisation kicked off its campaign to end the lockdown in South Africa into higher gear today with the launch of The Definitive Lockdown Presentation: How lockdown is not helping, costing lives, wiping out savings and destroying the economy.
The presentation by Pandemic Data Analysis (Panda) and experts from TransUnion and ETM Macro Advisors, offers serious criticism of the lockdown. According to Nick Hudson, an actuary and team member of Panda, ending the lockdown depends on citizens who should keep pushing for it.
“The lockdown is unconstitutional, a human rights violation and a crime against humanity. It should never have been renewed.”
He acknowledged that people were scared and that you could not talk to scared people while you were angry.
“You must talk to them with empathy. We are all angry, but we need to deal with our fellow citizens gently.”
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