> To be fair, they didn't have the resources to do it any other way.... For example, lack of gloves etc led to spread of covid in elderly care homes. That does

> To be fair, they didn't have the resources to do it any other way.... For example, lack of gloves etc led to spread of covid in elderly care homes. That doesn't make sense. Social distancing (which includes lockdowns) is a mitigation for the lack of other means of infection control (like PPE and treatments). If you don't have PPE, then you have to social distance more strictly to reduce transmission.