Which is where someone like Chris Smith of Naked Scientist scores as he did on the BBC this morning. He freely admitted that at this stage nobody actually knows the way out of the current situation. There is no immediate working vaccine in prospect, nobody knows exactly what would happen if the lockdown were eased, the best thing is to see what happens in other countries which are currently easing their lockdowns. He also said that a lockdown cannot be indefinite, that vulnerable people will have to be isolated for a long time, but in all events there are trade offs to manage between different levels of risk - epidemiological, economic and psychological.
You cannot keep everyone confined for ever, so there have to be strategies for mitigating outcomes when things are relaxed.
Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum