There has been a lot of discussion about "circuit breaker lockdowns" and "circuit break restrictions" recently, but what are they and where do they come from?
Circuit breakers involve the introduction of measures not dissimilar to the 'lockdown' imposed in Ireland in late March. They are designed to bring big reductions in transmission in a short time frame.
However, that has not always been the case. Where did the circuit breaker come from? The term circuit breaker generally refers to the use of a short but strict lockdown to drastically reduce the transmission of Covid-19.
The approach is named after devices which are used to shut off electrical circuits when too much current is flowing. In the context of the pandemic, the term was first