Compulsory house arrest for the 70+group risks causing secondary physical and mental health problems for otherwise healthy individuals
community links. You can’t just issue a 4-month quarantine order to them without explaining how they’re supposed to spend their time/get fresh air/physical and mental exercise. This risks secondary physical and mental health issues from an otherwise healthy population. Am not
— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) March 15, 2020
becoming inadvertent spreaders? We – political class, media, society – largely don’t pay attention to social care because it’s been in the “too difficult box” for decades. Now the fragile system is going to be one of the top priorities – not just for government but all of us
— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) March 15, 2020
Mike Smithson