A fourth lockdown is a risk if the release of the current restrictions are not handled properly, an expert has warned. Professor Stephen Reicher also cautioned that giving dates for when restrictions will be lifted could leave people feeling "hopeless and helpless" if they are not met.
Asked if there is a danger of another lockdown if the emergence from this one is not handled properly, Prof Reicher said: "Of course there is. "In the same way that we didn't want a second lockdown, we didn't want a third lockdown.
We've repeated the same mistake time after time after time." He said a lockdown is "the failure of robust and routine measures", as he called for a "functional" test and trace system and support for people to self-isolate and said
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