Some experts were concerned about the creation of unrealistic expectations, links with gender-based violence, and the potential for addiction. Others said education might help to offset these harms.
Articles on COVID-19 lockdowns
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The best option is for infected people to be admitted to hospitals or other suitable health facilities. This will help prevent transmission within families.
Without policies to address the core needs of small business, Victoria’s second wave of restrictions will be a killer blow.
Once something bound up with other people, more recently ‘happiness’ is seen as something very individual. Has our dependence on each other during lockdown changed our sense of where happiness lies?
Victoria has recorded its largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases. It might be time to return to a statewide lockdown.
The drop in traffic during COVID-19 lockdowns reduced global emissions. If we keep encouraging cycling and working from home beyond the pandemic, our climate goals may become more achievable.
The Victorian spike serves as a reminder that we are still very much in a pandemic. We need to come to terms with the fact we will need follow the basics of infection control for some time.
A survey conducted in April revealed more than half the participants flouted social distancing rules to go shopping for non-essential items, and visit friends or family.
Building a greener economy starts at home.
Rivalries will have been bred, birthed and nursed during lockdown, just as they are on the street.
Community sport already faced financial difficulties and funding cuts – coronavirus will only make this worse.
Bankruptcy is meant to offer breathing space to struggling companies, but it may not be enough given the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.
If expert advice on the pandemic turns out to be wrong, it will have dire consequences for how reliable scientific evidence is treated in other policy areas, such as climate change.
Evidence from South Korea tells a precautionary tale about rushing to end lockdown, without the right public health measures in place.
Research into life on the trading floor reveals the importance of being in the room for things to run smoothly.
The change in our behaviour in response to COVID-19 has created an opportunity to build on this moment and transform our local neighbourhoods into vibrant mixed-use centres of activity.
Now that we are gradually emerging from lockdown, we don’t have to return to our old rushed way of living.
How many of us have recently wished we could partition parts of our home, even to have a small second house? Being able to do this on existing blocks would help meet the many needs of families today.
There are three features common to most forms of insomnia that can be revelatory for those living under lockdown.
More than 160 people across the UK have been keeping lockdown diaries as part of a new research project charting the pandemic.
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Adjunct professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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President, Food Secure Canada
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Researcher and post-doctoral fellow in human nutrition, University of Pretoria
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