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For the overwhelming majority of informal workers, remote work is not an option during lockdowns, and relief efforts that operate through formal employment channels are of little or no help.
Equally pervasive is the effect of lockdowns and closures on childcare.
The surge in remote work during the pandemic has shown what is possible with today’s technologies, and the challenges faced by many parents during lockdowns have underscored how important basic childcare is for the broader economy.
The US and the global economy are in the deepest contraction since the Great Depression, owing to lockdowns to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.
Some governments are under increasing pressure from workers, businesses, and others demanding an end to lockdowns.
For example, shelters for survivors of gender-based violence have faced surging demand during COVID-19 lockdowns, and need more funding to meet it.
This means that, as the world exits from lockdowns, it will enter another difficult phase: Lock-ins that severely limit international travel.
Although they have lowered the number of new cases with indiscriminate lockdowns, they have already shrunk economic activity by 10-25%, and now they enter a long slog to suppress R0.
Only some countries have been able to cover the costs of the pandemic and lockdowns with large fiscal measures, owing to support from central banks that are buying up large quantities of government debt.
In managing the pandemic, much of the policy discussion has coalesced around lockdowns.
Trump’s brazen politicization of the COVID-19 policy debate put left-wing groups on the defensive, because, unlike the president, they accepted the science and usually favored certain aspects of lockdowns.
At least until a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, all countries need different forms of tailored, limited lockdowns and rules of behavior.
Encouragingly, many on the left support tailored lockdowns and rules of behavior that can enable the bulk of the economy and society to remain open.
The recent outbreak in Beijing, after weeks of zero confirmed new cases, resulted in renewed lockdowns and massive testing.
Faced with lockdowns and collapsing economic activity, governments around the world approved vast additional expenditures even though revenues were expected to decline.
Lockdowns have shut more than one billion children out of school.
The first priority is to keep learning alive during lockdowns.
With the current exponential rise in COVID-19 cases, lockdowns are back – not as severe as in March and April but still aimed at a partial curtailment of person-to-person activity heading into the all-important holiday season.
Policymakers should also pay particular attention to the needs of women migrants, who face increased risks of violence during lockdowns and quarantines.
Importantly, the differences between the two regions do not reflect firmer economic lockdowns in East Asia.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital services – from telemedicine to remote work to online learning – have been a lifeline for the millions of people subjected to lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders.
The lesson is clear: While lockdowns are essential, so is strong action to revive production and consumption.
According to the Imperial College, even if the peak is reached soon, reverse waves of smaller outbreaks could require repeated lockdowns, until an effective vaccine is developed, tested, manufactured, and distributed widely – a process that will take a minimum of 12-18 months.
The lockdowns were essentially a labor-supply shock (people could not go to work), and a demand shock affecting schools, universities, tourism, entertainment, restaurants and bars, and any activity requiring physical interaction.
Draconian lockdowns in Latin America and South Africa have been less effective in general than in Europe.
To shorten the period in which economic activity will be restricted by lockdowns and social distancing, countries need to be acting now to secure access to vaccines and to develop their vaccination strategies.
Moreover, they warn that, “If repealing lockdowns leads to a fast enough increase in COVID infections and deaths and a concomitant withdrawal of consumers from the marketplace,” doing so “might ultimately end up harming business activity.”
In fact, we have seen this summer that ending or scaling back lockdowns often does lead to a rapid increase in COVID-19 infections.
That would trigger renewed lockdowns and place even more pressure on those working toward a vaccine.
Although the COVID-19 disease burden in some African countries has so far remained limited, this is the result of aggressive containment and mitigation measures, ranging from complete lockdowns to border closures.
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