Balanced Agument
A few days ago, the prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced a second lockdown. Was this a good idea, or not?
The reason for a second lockdown is that less people will get ill from Covid-19. Hospitals are overloaded with people who are ill with Covid-19, so they cannot fit in more people, so we need to stop the spread. There is now a new variation of the virus which is easier to spread. If everyone is at home then less people will catch this deadly virus because there are less people/children mixing together. It has been said though, that children won't get very ill from the virus. So why keep them at home? If a child caught the virus and didn't realise, they would go to school and pass it onto someone else. Then, that child's household may get really ill from the virus. Keeping everyone at home will prevent this.
  A benefit from staying at home is that people will spend more time with their household. They will be able to play and learn board games, card games or even video games together or maybe whilst at home people could learn to play a new instrument or learn a magic trick. At home, there will be plenty of time to do activities like this so people build stronger relationships with their family.
 During this lockdown, children will have the oportunity to learn from home. Without home-learning, children wouldn't do any work and will forget everything that they have done by the time that they have to go back to school. Also, home-schooling gives children something to do. If they didn't have anything to do then they will get bored and therefore annnoying.
If there are points for a lockdown, then there must be points against it too. The first reason is home-schooling. On the one hand it keeps children learning, but on the other hand they won't get a proper education. Being at home, children will get distracted easily. They might be doing their maths and then they see their favourite toy. They will instantly go and play with it and completely forget about the maths. Also, some children might need a bit more help understanding things and without a teacher to encourage them then they will find it harder to carry on with the work. 
Another bad thing is the social side of things. People need to see and talk to people. It's just a fact. Without this social interaction then people will become sad and lonely. Children will also become sad as they can't see or talk to their friends from school. The next time they'll see them is in two whole months, when the lockdown's over. Most people have phones or computers so they can keep in contact, but this is not the same as talking face to face.
The final reason is that people will earn and spend less money. If people aren't spending money that will wreck the economy. If people aren't spending money in shops then the shop won't be able to afford to pay their workers. This will result in lots of people being fired from their jobs. If people are fired they won't earn any money at all and without money they won't be able to pay their mortgage or buy essential things, such as food, clothes and water. Alot of people who are self-employed, especially in the health and beauty market, non essential shop workers, will earn nothing at this time. 
Should there be a second lockdown or not? On the one hand, less people will get ill from Covid, but on the other, the economy will be  wrecked. Scientists have confirmed, that this new variation of the virus is easier to spread, so maybe there is need for a second lockdown? What do you think, should there be a lockdown the second?