#Lockdowns

Michael Tracey

mtracey

Have Republicans ever considered that dopily going around spreading a dangerous contagion might be a political liability? As in, perhaps voters would prefer to live in a society with less

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

Please look at this Table I made from Johns Hopkins and Worldometer and case study data, and consider what it means (1) THREAD South Korea saw their first ten deaths on

John Hayward

Doc_0

The debate over coronavirus policy has drifted very far from the original understanding that we needed extreme measures to prevent hospitals from being overloaded, causing patients to die from a

Jordan Schachtel

JordanSchachtel

Most are diagnosed COVID+ w/out a functioning testing system. There's only 1 way to look at this state of affairs on 9/27/20: a giant, ongoing power grab. What was once

Imran Khan

ImranKhanPTI

Pakistan's second COVID 19 spike data is of concern: Increase in Covid patients on ventilators in last 15 days: Peshawar 200%, Multan 200%, Karachi 148%, Lahore 114%, Islamabad 65%. Multan

Ffin

ffiniol14

Here's what I think about the virus. It is more lethal than flu, but not by much - it's about twice as deadly. So this is nothing like SARS or

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Quick proof that a Hammer and Dance (suppression) strategy is strictly better than Herd Immunity (mitigation):1. Are you willing to collapse your healthcare system? If the answer is No, you

Coyoteblog

Coyoteblog

1/ I asked this question -- how do lockdowns stop? -- almost 3 weeks ago and I don't think anyone has a really good answer. Today I want to leave

Tate Reeves

tatereeves

Warning: this is straight talk. It assumes people can handle hearing hard truth and nuance. If you’re up for that, keep reading. Throughout this pandemic, everyone has leapt for the

Ben Winegard

BenWinegard

The hysterical—‘feminized’—concern about the economic consequences of lockdowns is a perfect example of ‘safteyism’ run amok. It’s a damning indictment of our conservative leaders that they no longer possess the

Katherine Cross

Quinnae_Moon

This @zeynep article is an important read and illustrates a criminally underrated perspective on the pandemic: accepting the severity of COVID-19 while calling for more thoughtful mitigation.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/closing-

Robert (Bob) Summers

RJSCity

I see some merit in what the province is trying to do - focus restrictions on where evidence is showing covid spreads. I can appreciate that and also appreciate the

Crystal moth

Prolapsarian

Trying to explain what's going on in Britain to a friend abroad: we have a fake lockdown where everyone still goes out and half the country are still going to

davidallengreen

davidallengreen

This government seems to think that issuing bans - lockdowns, curfews - is enough to arrest the spread of the virusNo thought has gone into some of the bans (the

InProportion2

InProportion2

1/8Lockdown scepticism is on the riseLockdowns are costly in money, impacts to public health and liberty. We have jumped out of the plane first and only now are we taking

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

Here at last is some good news about the Covid-19 pandemic: In many places with strict lockdowns this spring, there were far fewer premature births than is considered normalhttps://trib.al/3M6CRWM