CHAPTER 7: LOCKDOWNS: SAVING LIVES, SHATTERING ECONOMIES
This chapter considers how different countries have approached lockdown. There are those that have adopted a very relaxed manner, while others have been extremely oppressive. Which are right and which are wrong, which are better and which are worse, will only truly become apparent when some kind of final post-pandemic analysis can be conducted.
“We isolate now so when we gather again, no one is missing.” An anonymous Haiku
In past pandemics, the world has experienced most of the social containment strategies we have seen deployed during COVID-19, but certainly not lockdowns on anything like the scale that have been endured during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to other countries around ...
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