Good evening,

 

There will be few people who disagree with Preston City Council leader Matthew Brown when he says local lockdowns must be avoided.
It is literally the last thing our local businesses - and residents - need.
The people of Lancashire have been living under restrictions now for the best part of 15 months, with a few weeks off last summer for good behaviour. And while most of us accept that a national lockdown was needed to ensure the NHS and its staff were able to cope with a rising number of Covid cases, we have to avoid further closures if we can.
It is easy to talk with hindsight and say that we all should have been better prepared to cope with a pandemic, after all the warning signs had been there with Sars and even Bird Flu. But that’s for an inquiry to decide. However, we do need to be much more agile in our approach and try to get one step ahead of the virus so that we can get to a stage where it is something we live with.
When so many health experts and politicians have been calling for faster action it is difficult to disagree.

 

Until next time, take care

Gillian

 

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