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In times of crises, mitigating/preventive measures are natural. But I'm thinking a bit about the unintended and unanticipated consequences of such measures in the short-/medium-/long-term. (1/n)
The dramatic increase in the use of hand sanitizers is a concrete one. It's certainly a measure that addresses the current concerns. But the long-term side effect will be the environment where superbugs will more likely to emerge. (2/n)
A different, unanticipated consequence might be the bottle neck created on online conferencing platforms specifically and the internet more broadly as institutions of higher education make a massive shift away from in-person classes. (3/n)
A colleague of mine raised an interesting point about the long-term effect of "social distancing" and online learning on the already anti-social college-age population. Students were already spending a lot of time online, away from in-person interactions. (4/n)
The clogging of sewage systems around the U.S. is definitely an unanticipated consequence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/flushable-wipes-clog.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/flushable-wipes-clog.html
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Zoom seems to be doing okay (It's actually been great for teaching online). But various streaming services are throttling their speed. (6/n)
