Dr. Samuel McConkey:

It is really important that the public has some sight of where we are going and what to expect and is given a framework somewhat like the phased reopening framework introduced in April, with phases 1 to 5 reopening every three weeks. We need some guidance. If everything is willy-nilly and changing day-by-day in unpredictable ways, people get really lost whereas with a five-level framework people can realise that if the numbers continue to increase, it is somewhat inevitable that we will go up the levels. If the numbers come down dramatically, we will come down the levels. Hopefully they will be applied by county or by local area rather than nationally. People should find both the future visibility - the idea that this is linked to how our epidemic is doing - and the fact that it is done by county level helpful. We could have discussions about the individual parts of it, which would be a different issue, but the general idea of having a framework is vitally important for all of us and I welcome it.