Pandemic-related lockdowns of economies are no longer practical, according to Britain’s largest charitable foundation focused on health research, which has called for moving toward treating COVID-19 “like the common cold.” “I don’t think it can mean going back into regular lockdowns, because it is just not economically viable. We don’t do that for the flu, we don’t do that for the common cold,” Nick Moakes, Wellcome charity’s chief investment officer, said to The Telegraph. He said it was time society shifted to living with the novel coronavirus. “The best case end game is where it is treated like the common cold, like flu. And on an annual basis, those that are vulnerable get a jab against it—and the rest of us have built up a degree of immunity that protects us sufficiently. And we do live with it.” Based in London, the Wellcome Trust is one of the largest providers …