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This is especially important given that lockdowns are affecting the poor more adversely than the wealthy, and look set to be long-lasting.
Blanket COVID-19 lockdowns may feel like a collective act of caution and responsibility for now; but the longer they last, the more they are likely to feel like a collective punishment for violations committed by a minority.
Fortunately, the outcome probably will not be that extreme, given the radical lockdowns and social-distancing measures that are being adopted worldwide.
By contrast, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed one of the world’s strictest – and most sudden – lockdowns, when only a few cases had been reported in the country.
Arguably, on the epidemiological front, the world acted quickly: more than 80 countries imposed lockdowns between March 9 and April 2 – some, like El Salvador, before they had their first confirmed case.
Moreover, lockdowns failed to stop the exponential growth of cases and deaths in countries such as India, Russia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, South Africa, and Djibouti.
These countries are now between a rock and a hard place: they cannot reopen safely, but they cannot sustain lockdowns for much longer.
Beyond their varying epidemiological effectiveness, lockdowns have been economically devastating.
Most have opted for lockdowns, which remove entire populations from the path of the virus and thus deprive it of hosts.
That is why no government has an explicit exit strategy: what political leaders call the “controlled easing” of lockdowns actually means controlled progress toward herd immunity.
The New Urgency of Global Tech GovernanceWASHINGTON, DC – Pandemic lockdowns, digitalization, and the acceleration of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are all driving a shift in global governance.
So, rather than preparing for a disaster-movie scenario, in which authoritarian governments around the world round up billions of people and incarcerate them in Hubei-style lockdowns, it seems more reasonable to expect something like the following scenario.
The COVID-19 crisis has made this plain: to avoid lockdowns and other restrictions, one may first have to abide by them.
Domestic violence, including both physical and emotional abuse, is expected to rise sharply as a result of lockdowns.
Rather than hoping these problems will simply disappear whenever the lockdowns are lifted (they won’t), we should acknowledge that mental health has long been a neglected issue in policy debates.
But global lockdowns have led to canceled bookings, postponed tours, and a free fall in jobs, forcing people to struggle to meet basic needs.
If we make the right choices as lockdowns ease, then the pandemic might just have thrown humanity a lifeline in dealing with the much greater challenge of climate change.
But while the COVID-19 crisis has given us an unexpected climate opportunity, we obviously can’t maintain lockdowns forever.
Avoiding a Climate LockdownLONDON – As COVID-19 spread earlier this year, governments introduced lockdowns in order to prevent a public-health emergency from spinning out of control.
In the near future, the world may need to resort to lockdowns again – this time to tackle a climate emergency.
Such pollution will likely lead to nearly as many deaths in 2020, despite the cleaner air resulting from COVID-19 lockdowns.
But the economic consequences of public-health measures – such as indefinite business closures and lockdowns – will be borne disproportionately by less economically secure groups, including low-income earners, hourly workers, and those who cannot work remotely.
MELBOURNE/OXFORD – As of today, almost half the world’s population, nearly four billion people, are under government-mandated lockdowns in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
How long should the lockdowns last?
Lockdowns have health benefits: fewer will die of COVID-19, as well as other transmissible diseases.
Some people insist that there is, in practice, no trade-off: lockdowns are better for saving lives and the economy.
Presumably, such people are supposing lockdowns will end soon.
But if we end lockdowns before vanquishing COVID-19, some people will die from the disease who otherwise would have lived.
It seems safe to say that the right time to end the lockdowns is sometime between today and ten years.
If we then estimate how much lockdowns cost the economy, we can estimate the years of healthy life we are likely to gain now by containing the virus and compare it to how many years we are likely to lose later from a smaller economy.
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