The UK government’s daily coronavirus briefing on Friday drew more attention to a question that has already been troubling many people: could the wider economic and health impacts of the fight against Covid-19 actually do more harm than the virus itself?
My view, for what it’s worth, is that it is right to err on the side of keeping the lockdown in place for longer. But it is also obviously right to have a serious and open debate about these issues – and very unhelpful to continue to vilify anybody who dares to raise them.
There are two main reasons for thinking that the lockdown could be counter-productive. The first is the impact that the collapse in economic activity might have on the nation’s health, although there may be some benefits here as well as costs (as I will explain later).
The second and perhaps more immediate concern is that…
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