大象传媒

Covid-19 is a deadly virus but some experts are concluding that it doesn't seem to affect the young or even the middle aged as badly as the elderly. Which raises the question: Should we keep the world locked down until a vaccine or cure comes to the rescue? Or should we learn to live with the virus and only apply restrictions to those most at risk?

Raj Bhopal is Emeritus Professor of Public Health in the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. He believes that we could allow the virus to transmit more freely through younger sections of society and once people started to accept they have to live with the virus, they would begin to assess the threat of infection in much the way they assess other dangers in life.

"The only good news I can bring to people about this virus, is that it's sparing our young people," he says. "We should be loosening restrictions for the young people who are at very low risk of mortality and we should be looking after very carefully the people who are at high risk."

Photo: Young people walking in the street Credit: Getty Images

Show less