There was more of a sense of silent dread. The city has been an unusually gloomy place since our lockdown was extended for two weeks. We’re not normally like that.
The reality of our local lockdown is restricted travel in and out of the city (there are Police checkpoints), schools and early years settings are only working with children of key workers and vulnerable children, non-essential shops, cafes, bars, restaurants and hairdressers all closed.
The whys and wherefores have been well-scrutinised locally, politically and in the press. They continue to be.
There are various theories as to why Leicester was chosen to be locally locked down. Questions remain around what and whose data informed the decision. Which social conditions drove a spike in cases? How local is local? What was the reasoning around the geographical boundary drawing? How can the effects of increased testing skew data? And who made the decisions, when and how?
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