World Health Organisation Changes Stance on COVID-19 Lockdowns

In a recent interview with The Spectator, The World Health Organisation has changed its tact on how best to handle COVID-19, with the WHO’s own Dr. David Nabarro urging world leaders to stop “using lockdowns as your primary control method” when dealing with COVID-19.

The statements come amid an ongoing global debate as to what the correct protocol is for handling COVID-19. Countries like New Zealand are currently being lauded for their strict lockdowns and low death counts, while many are watching eagerly to see how countries like Sweden — who have hardly implemented any social distancing measures — will perform over the long term.

In his interview with The Spectator, Nabarro said that “Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer,” he said.

“We in the World Health Organisation do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus,” the doctor added.