Lethargy
Will the cure prove to be worse than the disease?
After 3 weeks in lockdown, a lethargy has set in. The same routine each day, walk the dog, potter around the house, an afternoon nap. There are a few small jobs I could do, but I just don't have the energy, and come the end of the day I'm exhausted.
Today saw the death of 980 people with covid in the UK, the worst day yet. However, there are reports that the number of hospital admissions is beginning to plateau.
There is continued debate about when the lockdown should end. The worry is that the economic downturn resulting from the lockdown may have greater human consequences, and could result in more deaths, than caused by the virus itself. Lionel Shriver writing in the Spectator this week makes the point that last year 600,000 people died in the UK, 58 million worldwide. The deaths associated with the coronavirus are tiny by comparison.
Will the cure prove to be worse than the disease?
10th April 2020