SA’s Covid-19 lockdown: Smokes and outdoor exercise could ease the tension

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Covid19inSA | Ramaphosa has demonstrated quality leadership, but we fear that some of the recently implemented policies are not best for the South African context, write Benjamin T H Smart and Alex Broadbent.

, there is no evidence suggesting that Covid-19 symptoms are alleviated by 21 days of abstinence.

The prohibition of alcohol makes more sense. But behavioural factors must be considered, including the incentive toRestricting alcohol purchase prior to the lockdown might have made sense. That window has closed. At this stage the case for putting alcohol on the list of essential goods is weak. The case for including cigarettes, however, is strong.That is the message from the government.

When defining “essential goods and services”, we must ask “essential for what?” There is much that is not strictly essential to our survival that nonetheless we value greatly. We may even value some of these things above survival, such as the wellbeing of our children.

 

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