Re:The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is bein...
by creato on Monday April 27, 2020 @10:00PM
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> Sure there is. It's called mass unemployment and closure of non-essential businesses. Why would people fly to branch offices if they're closed?
Sweden didn't "lock down" (as people often point out), but travel is down 90% from normal [1]:
> "The biggest myth and misconception is that life goes on as normal in Sweden," she said. "It absolutely does not."
> "We have seen Easter travel decrease by 90 percent, we have businesses going bankrupt, a record number of temporary layoffs, and a lot of unemployed people."
I agree that lockdowns seem to have limited or no impact, but not for the reason you think. Where I am, restaurants and retail shops were already in dire straits before the lockdowns came into force. I think the lock downs have limited impact because they aren't very different from the way most people would be behaving anyways, given the information they have.
Sweden didn't "lock down" (as people often point out), but travel is down 90% from normal [1]:
> "The biggest myth and misconception is that life goes on as normal in Sweden," she said. "It absolutely does not."
> "We have seen Easter travel decrease by 90 percent, we have businesses going bankrupt, a record number of temporary layoffs, and a lot of unemployed people."
I agree that lockdowns seem to have limited or no impact, but not for the reason you think. Where I am, restaurants and retail shops were already in dire straits before the lockdowns came into force. I think the lock downs have limited impact because they aren't very different from the way most people would be behaving anyways, given the information they have.
1. https://www.thelocal.se/20200424/interview-isabella-lovin-co...