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The concept of easing restrictions on young and fit people while shielding vulnerable ones, running two parallel systems according to your personal characteristics, is nonsensical 1 There’s no easy way to define the people at risk, and even if we could, it’s impractical to keep people hermetically sealed away (think hospitals, care homes, and multigenerational households) Sadly, until we have a proper package of support for people who have to self-isolate, many of those contacted by the (increasingly inadequate)3 track and trace system will reluctantly risk passing this disease on to the most vulnerable people, as they simply can’t afford to stop earning 2 Competing interests: Guardian 2020 Sep 11 https://www theguardian com/world/2020/sep/11/less-than-20-of-people-in-england-self-isolate-fully-sage-says
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