https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich">France, https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches">the U.K. and https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flagge von Spanien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Spanien">Spain are currently facing a triple threat:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Jump in cases
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Population exhausted by lockdown-induced recession
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Rising resistance to tougher measures https://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
Protesters have taken to the streets of:

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flagge von Spanien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Spanien">Madrid
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland">Berlin
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Those protesting shouldn’t be dismissed as the selfish exceptions to the rule. Beyond the vocal minority, there are signs the silent majority are also losing faith http://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
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Respect for mask-wearing & hand-washing is high, but support for self-isolation appears to be wavering.

In France, the number of people who support quarantining those who’ve had contact with infected patients has dropped from 78% in March to just 48% http://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
There’s mounting evidence that people who are asked to stay at home aren’t doing so. A survey in the U.K. found:

Only 18.2% stayed at home after developing symptoms
10.9% did so after being alerted by contact tracers http://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
For those who can’t work from home, isolation means forgoing a decent wage.

About 11% of people cited work as a reason for non-compliance, echoing a finding that half of British low-income workers can& #39;t afford to self-isolate due to low mandatory sick pay http://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
A lot of focus has been put on European countries’ approach to lockdown, but relatively little on their welfare systems.

The OECD is rightly encouraging countries to extend sick leave and other benefits to more workers, especially the self-employed http://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
The least policymakers could do is stick to their own guidance. Yet they don’t seem to be able to even do that.

U.K. government officials, for example, made three errors explaining new restrictions in just three hours — including Boris Johnson himself http://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
Covid-19 disobedience goes deeper than we think.

Those whose fingers are hovering on the lockdown button can, and should, do more to curb it http://trib.al/4FvDHoM ">https://trib.al/4FvDHoM&q...
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