#Lockdown

Kyle Baxter

kbaxter

“47 percent [of Israel’s cases in June]… were infected by the coronavirus in schools.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/israeli-data-show-school-openings-were-a-disaster-that-wiped-out-lockdown-gains https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1

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as_a_as_a

Many are understandably tired of lockdowns/restrictions, but they often respond with the notion that COVID is no big deal & a laissez-faire policy would be best. I think such views—as

Ian Dunt

IanDunt

I find it hard to put into words the degree of contempt I have developed for the anti-lockdown brigade in the right-wing press. Just the most appalling, irresponsible, self-serving, morally

Talk of the Commonwealth

CommonTalkPod

Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus on with us now for our weekly conversation. AM-830 http://tun.in/sejn0 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-of-the-commonwealth/id1266232191 774-364-8255 "I'm very concerned, I'm v

Atomsk's Sanakan

AtomsksSanakan

1/YIvor Cummins (@FatEmperor) lists articles he claims shows lockdowns are not effective. The Great Barrington Declaration exploited this list.This thread will debunk Cummins' claim, while giving some further context.https://thefatemper

Eddie Blackadder HMP

BlackersNot

Lockdown is tolerable for many middle aged people. Most of us have lived a little, are reasonably solvent, have partied in the 80s and 90s, and are now being “good

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

University of Berkeley has banned outdoor exercise, including solitary outdoor exercise, in response to a COVID outbreak. I had read the article to make sure this was not a parody.

Chandra Pasma

ChandraPasma

I’ve been thinking a lot lately of both my grandmothers. My grandparents lived thru the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. My maternal grandfather & great-uncle were in a Nazi work

Mango Press 🥭

Mango_Press_

#ZhangZhan isn't a 'journalist' nor is she a 'citizen journalist' (all journalists are citizens anyway, dumb choice of words by capitalist media). She's a nuisanceHere is her youtube channel, video

The New York Times

nytimes

In Wuhan, China, the first city in the world to be devastated by the coronavirus, the long months of lockdown have now faded from view. https://nyti.ms/2M1yCUh As residents try to

Georgia Gould

Georgia_Gould

Action is too late but national lockdown is the right thing given the extreme pressure on NHS.But PM ducked some crucial issues. Click & collect for hospitality still allowed which

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

julie_kelly2

Florida is the world’s CV-19 laboratory right now. If there isn’t a huge spike in infections over the next 7-10 days, we will know every single “mitigation” strategy and doomsday

raj

internetraj

1/ Let me tell you a story about how the Singapore government handled Covid-19. 2/ When cases and local transmission began to steadily rise, we had a strict, two-month-long, country-wide

John Dennen

johndennen

Amateur boxing does matter. It’s the notable exception to other sports in the UK. Unlike other sports, in boxing almost three quarters of affiliated clubs are located in the most

Olivier Blanchard

ojblanchard1

Some quick reactions to the new lockdowns in Europe. 1. The degree of uncertainty is much higher than in the first wave. In the first wave, the (incorrect) belief was

Robert Palmer

robertnpalmer

NEW public attitudes research on tax from @TaxJusticeUK: - Conservative voters shift in favour of tax rises under lockdown- The broader public support higher taxes - There’s wide support for

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