Blair Tells Podcast Host Lockdowns in Developing World ‘Did More Harm Than Good’
Published on June 28, 2024
In an interview with podcast host Dwarkesh Patel, Sir Tony Blair said that he now believes COVID-19 lockdowns in the developing world “did more harm than good.” In a wide-ranging interview covering leadership and AI on Wednesday, the former Labour leader, who advocated for strict lockdowns, said that COVID-19 “was plainly more serious than your average flu” but “wasn’t the bubonic plague.” He said that there “was one very difficult question, which is, to what degree do you try and shut the place down and the rid of the disease?” Anxiety “Most governments kind of tried to strike a middle course right, to do restrictions, but then ease them up over time,” he said....