The UK public waited in hopeful anticipation for the Prime Minister to address the nation and explain the government’s plan for lifting lockdown. He said the country would need to take it very carefully and transition gradually into Level 3. He read a list of new rules and asked the public to comply, in the interests of avoiding another wave of cases. Some of the workforce would be allowed to go to work the next morning, but the unions urged workers to stay at home until workplaces were made safe. The public was left with more questions than answers about exactly what was permitted and what was not and members of the police force suggested it was so vague it would be difficult to enforce.

Is there a plan? Is it based on the science they keep alluding to? What is the evidence that keeping the country locked down is the best way to deal with COVID19 now the peak has been over for more than a month? And what about the increasing collateral damage of lockdown on people, on the society, and on the economy?