#Lockdowns

LibertyJ

LibertyJen

It’s really insulting to say the lockdowns were “not that bad” when you didn’t live in an area filled with disgusting overreach and tyranny that destroyed your community for a

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

Serosurvey suggests ~21% of NYC was exposed to SARS-COV-2 despite 1 month lockdown, while less impacted states are now lifting lockdown. Paradoxically, the latter may be at much higher risk

SonaliRanade

sonaliranade

About 60% of all infections are in slums & shanties already. In another week to 10 days, we can expect 80% of all infections will be in dwellings & shanties

imaan joshi

imaanjoshi

A view from an Indian doctor: "Social distancing is a privilege. It means you live in a house large enough to practise it. Hand washing is a privilege too. It

Raghib Ali MPH MSc MA(Camb) MA(Oxf) DLSHTM FRCP

drraghibali

This is a series of threads on the risks of a second wave - and of our response to it. No. 5 – Three interventions that could save thousands of

J.D. Vance

JDVance1

Figured I'd reply to this. Will be brief. Basically, on the mortality point, granted, though I don't know what we do with that besides pursuing different quarantine strategies for old

New Granada

NewGranada1979

Chaos In Columbia: Citizens angry over high taxes, covid lockdowns and food shortages.

tombrownsport

tombrownsport

So Wales will enter lockdown...again. And for many sports here it has re-opened the debate of who is a 'professional' athlete.(a brief thread on the issue) /1 Professional footballers and

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

The biggest questions that governments in every part of the UK have to answer are these: the lockdown was justified partly as a means to buy time to put the

Possum Comitatus

Pollytics

Things the States need to learn from what's happening in Victoria, because this won't be the first time that these issues will occur over the next year /Thread. 1. The

A.M.

bhalomanush

Two days ago, I asked everyone to speculate on how long the novel coronavirus pandemic might last. I received more responses to this poll than to any other I've set

David Thunder

davidjthunder

—TAKEAWAY LESSONS FROM PANDEMIC 2020-21: A THREAD—Below, a few basic lessons I have drawn, as a political philosopher and informed citizen who has made it my business to closely follow

Litany against plague

LosTheSkald

Absolutely in no way saying that we shouldn't always be as careful as possible, but the idea of a future in which we can't sing together or touch people we

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

One thing re: sports getting re-started.People seem to be interpreting proposals by the various leagues in light of the current situation, i.e. where there are rather strict lockdowns almost everywhere.

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ Time to talk about the #Covid spike in Europe, which has been coming for a while (see below).Yesterday France reported 30,600 positive tests - a huge number, equal to

NDTV

ndtv

"India is the only country where the virus is exponentially rising and we are removing the #lockdown. The aim and purpose of the lockdown has failed. India is facing the