The risk of public disorder: where is the dealing with the virus leading us?

Around the world we are seeing pockets of content about Government responses to Covid-19. There is resentment in some quarters to the enforced lockdowns and the impact on civil liberties. Some see lockdown restrictions as draconian or at least an ‘over the top’ reaction, and setting dangerous precedents. The protests are for other reasons too, for example where financial assistance is promised and then not delivered, some have seen the response as enforced destitution. The concerns have also ...