The Medical Research Council is in favour of 'early implementation of a ban or restriction' when it comes to the sale of booze.
The Medical Research Council is in favour of ‘early implementation of a ban or restriction’ when it comes to the sale of booze.
It predicts that the ban could last for at least eight weeks. It presented its report to the government in early July. The report makes it clear that the SAMRC is in favour of “early implementation of a ban or restriction” when it comes to the sale of booze. “This has been anecdotally attributed to easing of restrictions related to the sale and distribution of alcohol,” it says.It estimates that the ban could achieve a reduction of approximately 3,400 alcohol-related trauma presentations across public secondary and tertiary hospitals by the end of the first week and about 6,800 by the third week.
“It might also make it easier to defend legal challenges should they arise at a later stage if it is decided to still go ahead with a ban on liquor sales, as government will be able to demonstrate that it implemented less intrusive options first which didn’t have the desired impact.” “The assumptions are explicit and used the best data available – and were an honest attempt to address the question asked,” he says.For the underlying costing estimates and bed days, he says the model used data from the ‘’ Collective, established by the University of Cape Town and SAMRC to provide rapid policy guidance and public engagement for South Africa’s Covid-19 response.
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