JOHN WAIN: When one size doesn’t fit all in locking down

08/05/2020 34 min
JOHN WAIN: When one size doesn’t fit all in locking down

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While the western world has faced major upheaval in dealing with the pandemic, the developing world has a whole set of different, and largely more dangerous problems.John Wain, who hails from Cork, is currently based in the UN in Geneva but spends a lot of his time in the developing world, building shelters for refugees fleeing war, violence and famine. He joined Mick on the podcast to talk about the challenges faced in these regions and why in particular the lockdown solution may not be a good idea for the poorest countries in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.