14
Oct
2020
The World Health Organization does not support using lockdowns as a primary control method, but considers them appropriate for buying time to reorganize resources.
This is an interview that's easy to take out of context, but what Dr. Nabarro is expressing was that the World Health Organization doesn't support, quote, using lockdown as your primary control method. He's clear that lockdowns are appropriate when you have to quote, buy time to reorganize, regroup, rebalance your resources, protect your health workers who are exhausted.