#LockDowns

yel

lew1sy

#COVID in Israel, thread with some possible explanations.Within the last 4wks:1. Massive vaccination campaign, with ~80% of the >60 population vaccinated.2. A third national lockdown declared.3. Huge surge in cases

Yinon Weiss

yinonw

Sweden: An UpdateThis must be getting awkward for Spain, France, and the UK locking down again. Sweden is enjoying open schools, open businesses, and no masks.Current daily death rates compared

Tim Skellett

Gurdur

A thread for all the anti-'lockdown' people. Let's do it with logic. 1/n Practicalities. The so-called lockdowns haven't hurt widely as much as the virus has just by itself. Look

Andrew Petrosoniak

petrosoniak

I think we remain skeptics as you suggest but also there’s an impetus to act. Let’s not conflate a treatment for those with the disease with a preventative health intervention.

Anthony Furey

anthonyfurey

It's become clear that there are too many Canadians getting their news in an echo chamber, completely unaware that many experts here oppose lockdowns. This thread compiles news stories on

A Marm Kilpatrick

DiseaseEcology

As we (hopefully) start a new government response to COVID-19 we need to recognize that economic impacts have hit far more people than disease & this likely explains strong opposition

Juliette O'Brien

juliette_io

We finally have the history of the 14-day avg for metro and regional #CovidVic . Now we can see the curve. Think it rose quickly? It appears to have fallen

NYC Angry Mom - #OpenSchools

angrybklynmom

In a renewed rage, I just allowed myself to remember that Daycare in NYC reopened in June, w/ minimal fanfare. Search for "Daycare NYC Safe" and you get a tiny

Aaron Ginn

aginnt

1/ Lockdowns were based on bad mimesis, not evidence."Decisions on implementing lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic were based on what neighboring countries were doing at the time, a new study

MacKenzie

Smackenziekerr

The side effects of the lockdowns keep getting harder to ignore.Dr. Brian Stauffer is head of cardiology at Denver Health. He and his colleagues wanted to figure out why the

Gavin Good

itsallG_O_O_D

STORY THREAD: #UIUC had an effective testing system that went a long way, but other pieces of the puzzle needed to come together to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak among its

Helen Raleigh

HRaleighspeaks

The mania of #GameStop is largely the government’s own doing. 1. The lockdowns have disrupted normal lives and trapped many people at home. They are bored & looking for things

Jay Kristoff

misterkristoff

Ok, let's see how much of this bullshit a simple fact-check can unpack3000 people were locked down from 5 to 10 July. As of Thursday, 8 of the 9 apartment

Alheli Picazo

a_picazo

Joe Rogan features a pandemic denier, anti-vaxxer, anti-masker, and general proponent of bad science, because he is a serious thinker. And no, Berenson isn't a 'contrarian' any more than Wakefield

StephenHerreid

StephenHerreid

I wore a mask often, until it became mandatory.Since then, I’ve worn a mask once, as a favor to the head waitress of my favorite local restaurant, who was afraid

Dan Kelly

CFIB

As small businesses across Ontario brace for a potential expansion of the province's bizarre "Grey Zone" retail rules (which close small businesses and push customers to line-ups at busy big

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