It would be great if switching everything off was as easy as government announcements make it seem.
Based on where we are now, a lockdown is not just a good idea but arguably an overdue one, and facing the darkest days of the year without being able to go see family or go do anything fun outside of the house, I would love to be able to hibernate for the next three weeks.
We all know it’s not that simple, though.
Performing a hard shutdown on society risks leaving people out in the cold, and if it was hard in the springtime when this was all still pretty new and the weather was getting better all the time, it will be killer when we’re all exhausted and the temperature drops down below -22.
While we debate what is “essential”, who is falling through the cracks?
My Take: By Gordon Lambie
