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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by henrikschroder on Monday September 27, 2021 @05:53PM (#28676508)
Absolutely not, because you could measure a substantial decrease in mobility before any region instituted a lockdown.

You can support working-from-home and furloughing without forcing it. And that's enough.

Last autumn in Sweden, cases started rising, still no lockdown, and people voluntarily decreased their mobility. Everyone I talked to decreased their social activity, skipped out on things, stayed home more. Without being told to. Without being ordered around. It's enough.

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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by only_as_i_fall on Monday September 27, 2021 @05:55PM (#28676518)
>Absolutely not, because you could measure a substantial decrease in mobility before any region instituted a lockdown.

Source?

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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by henrikschroder on Monday September 27, 2021 @06:06PM (#28676624)
https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/
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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by only_as_i_fall on Monday September 27, 2021 @10:37PM (#28678676)
That isn't historical data

This is https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/changes-visitors-covid?ti...

Shows the trend becomes clear on March 12th, which is 7 days before the first lockdowns in New York. Are you suggesting that the one week delay when everyone bought out all the toilet paper because they thought the world was ending is evidence that the lockdowns weren't needed to affect mobility?

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