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Social Distance - Science topic
The degree of closeness or acceptance an individual or group feels toward another individual or group.
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Convalescent people have high anti-SARS CoV2 antibodies (different varieties apart from regular anti-spike proteins) in their plasma which are sufficient to neutralize heavy viral load. Such people generate robust immune response to neutralize successive encounter from the same virus (not mutant). Can such people serve as the 'carrier' of virus and potentially infect others healthy individuals in sorrounding? Do these people really need to wear face masks and practice social distancing? If yes, what are the main reasons for that? Thanks in advance for sharing knowledge 😊
To combat this virus, wearing the mask and social distancing is only the solution but mostly people ignore this and take it lightly/
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Have done a basic analysis creating a 20x13 matrix matching previous disease to social distancing behaviour. Would like some assistance with more advanced calculations, visualisations and interpreting the data. Look for co-authors who can take this on if anyone has an interest?
I am a language instructor so oral communication is important. Teaching methodologies such as pair-practice are common techniques to get students interacting and comminicating. But...with the virus, many institiutions have strict guidelines about social distancing, student interaction and just having students repeat what the instructor has said. Punctuation practice, or other methods have had to be eliminated. Online teaching tools and sites are helpful but are not really condusive to active language learning. Addtionally, due to wi-fi connectability, number of computers and scheduling conflicts for computer rooms this avenue is not always available. What other methods are instructors utilizing to get learners actively learning a language or other subject?
I have idea that can use mobile technology for social distancing. By using mobile can help "workers" to be safe on their working places because mobile devices and their technology (some applications, using technology like measuring the distance between peer by sound like bats, etc.) can warn them if they be closer than the recommended distance and it is also easy to track the infected persons.
So the mobile technologies can help in:-
1- Keep safe space between workers then the workers can back to their work places safely.
2- Track the infected person in the future (because we can know contacts in case of re-spread the virus).
Do you think it is possible?!
99.99% of the research out there is attempting to prove why wearing a mask works or why it helps to lower the community spread. The mask is to both protect others and yourself from spreading or becoming infected, respectively. If a person's test becomes positive, does the mask keep more virus while shedding within the lungs, increasing more infected lung tissue by not expelling free virus into the environment? In other words, does the mask act like a cork in a wine bottle? Thus, causing more compromised alveoli cells, increasing the cytokine storm damage, increasing hypoxia due to massive assembly, replication, and shedding of virus merely by the simple mask?
^^^ The recent SARS COV2 Delta variant in the US has an important consequence that could potentially be causing adverse complications due to the mask-wearing post-positive test confirming infection. Primarily from its known 1000% increase in shedding of the virus. As soon as these patients know they are positive, an augmentation of protecting others while decreasing the use of the mask should be considered, in my opinion.
Losing lives for covid-19 is sorrowful. It could be avoided. People do participate and help spreading the virus whether intentionally or unintentionally by violating rules. I'm astonished to see such violations. Most countries warned people and imposed fines as well as launched intensive mass media to keep people at home for a limited period of time so as to stop spreading the virus. With all of those precautions, we can see those gatherings without masks and physical distancing. In your opinion, what could motivate people to wear masks and do physical distancing? Any novel or creative ideas?
University education is beyond academic benefits. It gives students a chance to develop attitude and skills that give them courage, ability to work with others and a better understanding of himself and the entire world around them. It is during University years that a person gets to understand his/her identity, role, and dreams. To become what you want to be, you need not only formal education but also real-life experience and opportunities for self-development.
How much of this is missing in these cruel times of eLearning & social distancing?
Your comments are highly appreciated!
Hi all,
I have found an association between social distancing attitudes and the willingness to do social distancing, as studied on a Likert type scale (Never to Always). Now there is also an association between what type of work they have and the same response.
My question is how can I isolate the influence of city from the influence of line of work? Wondering if there is a technique for nominal/ordinal variables similar to adjustment/control variables in regression. I would be interested in anything from AI / statistics, preferrably to be used in R or Excel.
And open for collaborations if anyone wants to co-author or similar
My research field involves environment-person relations and I am looking for examples from around the world of public spaces that were designed to meet the containment measures of COVID-19, more specifically the social distance. I look for projects that have already been effectively implemented. If you know any, please contact me.
Thanks in advance
The COVID-19 virus—and the social distancing it has forced—has created consequences and worries for students. In this context, How can we help students cope with this crisis?
Please share your views, experiences, expert opinions, challenges etc.
The link above takes you to my report summarizing the initial key findings of my research project investigating how licensed community radio stations in the UK responded to the changing circumstances caused by the UK-wide lockdown in Spring 2020.
I would be interested to learn if anyone elsewhere has done a similar survey?
My project was entitled “Digital Technologies in Community Radio Production Practices: responding to COVID-19 social distancing measures”, and was devised to ascertain how, and the extent to which, stations were able to successfully adapt and continue broadcasting as the crisis ensued.
The research has highlighted that this sector is perfectly placed to provide locally specific health and welfare updates and indeed has proved itself to be adept and efficient at responding to a crisis and incorporating new content alongside their usual entertainment and information outputs.
What are the experiences of communty radio practitioners in other countries?
We are applying for a research project grant which aims at conducting a research in the fields of Digital Media, Smart Devices and Social Acceptance in 20 countries. We invite collaborations from each of the 20 countries. For more details please visit:
Globe and Mail, Toronto.
December 30, 2020
Page 3, from the article:
Fears of a “twindemic” have not materialized this year, with hardly any cases of flu in Canada this season, while COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country.
13-July-2020
WHO said that many countries had the wrong strategy to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
This is what we fear will happen and why we emphasize in our scientific publication since almost 3 months ago in a Journal indexed by Scopus with the title:
‘The Need For Consensus On The Effective Approach To Control COVID-19 Outbreak’
Journal article: https://print.ispub.com/api/0/ispub-article/55077
Preprint: Amin, Firman Zulkifli, Sari, Mila Kurnia, & Amin, Zulkifli. (2020, April 26). The need for consensus on the effective approach to control COVID-19 outbreak. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3766566
Hi Everybody,
Please give me know the available data sources can be used to evaluate the community mobility in Covid-19.
Many thanks !
HLV
Dear colleagues,
We plan to conduct a systematic investigation (both simulation and measurements) of the practical settings with a high risk of airborne infection. We would greatly appreciate it if you can offer some ideas about which settings we should look into, especially, the settings in which current preventive measures (such as wearing masks and social distancing) cannot be readily implemented.
The lockdown, social distancing, overuse of technology, compulsive living, fear of adversity, etc. have directly affected human relationships. I aspire for your opinion in this regard and solutions for sound human relations.
Sincerely Yours
Bodh
A comparison between the protection against coronavirus and radiation protection according to the ALARA principle, " The smallest possible exposure time, as far away from other people as possible (or 'as socially distanced as possible'), and wearing a mask whenever possible".
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In epidemiology, the idea of slowing a virus' spread so that fewer people need to seek treatment at any given time is known as "flattening the curve." It explains why so many countries are implementing "social distancing" guidelines
Are we going to create a "COVIDFREE" label to guarantee the new safety and hygienic needs of our customers?
Is the EU going to stablish a best practices' pattern and/or a new legislation in tourists services for all the countries?
Is this the end of the mass tourism?
How the tourist products or services will have to change to suit dynamic new rules or social distancing?
How much the cost of acquiring clients will increase?
What's the new meaning of the "last-minute" booking?
A study conducted by Abdulkadir A. Warsame highlighted that COVID 19 seriously impacted health, economic, social, business and the entire cycle of the life. Current outbreak has severe economic consequences across the globe. To limited spread of this pandemic the global government should admire steps to curb the spread of the COVID19, through this the governments imposed nightly curfews, a ban on public events, social distance, stay at home, the closure of non-essential business because of this the SMEs faced financial distress or insolvency which resulted to trigger massive job losses and the shuttering of businesses. Although the solutions for this can be based on each country’s policies and capacities but in general how the SMEs existence can be sustained?
Now we are in very difficult situation round the word ,the epidemic is hitting economy ,and millions are out of work and even USA the large economy is suffering ,how can we compromise between keeping health and death is increased 18 millions are suffering.so what is the solution?
Intermittent social distancing may be required lasting up to 2022 to lessen the pressure on healthcare systems across the globe and to reduce to impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak. This is from a recent study by Harvard scientists who modelled the pandemic's trajectory.
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT?
Here is some question
In the context of patient-centred teaching, today’s obligations raise many questions that may result in reshaping medical education.
For example:
- How can we train future physicians during the limitations of social distancing?
- In addition to web-based learning and digital content, can we simulate virtual patient experiences?
- How should we protect students who may feel obligated to care for Covid-19 (or similar) patients regarding supervisory and grading aspect?
- How do we determine who are essentially in need of personal protective equipment during medical education?
- What are the implications of avoiding infected patient engagement for medical students?
- Are there any responsibilities of medical students as junior members of health-care teams in unprecedented times?
- How can medical schools help their residents to tackle the challenges of this pandemic as competent graduate physicians?
Relevant to a previous question I asked about Zoom in the classroom.
Our university is implementing strict guidelines when it comes to social distancing in the classroom. Our students will be spaced apart with limited contact between the instructor and fellow learners. Instructors are to remain in front of the classroom away from students.
We will not be able to use pair practice for conversation classes. For language instruction I have always found this to be a vital and useful exercise to gauge fluency and understanding.
Does anyone have any suggestions or comments?
Thank you ahead of time.
Could you tell please where the biggest slum is located in the world? And the amid of the COVID-19 pandemic, how to way the slum peoples will make isolation or social distancing. I noticed in our country they are infected less. What is the reality behind cause such mysterious incident.
No one can ignore that we are entering it in the digital age. The perimeters of central banks are gradually starting to be crossed by the rise of crypto-assets. Especially since the new COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity for Fintechs to impose themselves given the containment measures and social distancing. The question is asked for central banks, on the adoption of a digital currency for central banks, in order to centralize the system and ensure the safeguard of money for public confidence.
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Does anyone know someone who has researched/written about the redefinition of the communities during the times of social distancing OR the role of music in times of pandemic? Thank you in advance!
It is almost impossible to avoid crowds in labs and libraries. I remembered that the libraries are full of people, much more crowded than any restaurants or bars on a busy day, prior to the Covid 19 pandemic. So how we ensure that we can work safety with our peers during group works where social distancing is out of the question.
COVID - 19 is spreading rapidly. The government of India has now extended lockdown. And this is the situation in most of the countries. What the anthropologists, sociologists will do as they can not go to the field due to lock down and can not conduct research at the field level among the people due to the rule of social distancing. In this situation do you think that cyber ethnography is the only alternative left with us?
The past month or so has been super busy as I've moved my lectures from the classroom to the virtual video meeting "room" while naturally been concerned about student welfare. Yet, this new "Coronavirus condition" has forced me to pause for reflection. The result is that I appear to be less preoccupied with conceptual or theoretical questions than with more empirical questions that can demonstrate impact and help to combat suffering or social evils.
Since first recommended by WHO, testing for SARS-CoV-19 has been the main strategy to diagnose, isolate, trace, and quarantine the people exposed to COVID-19. With social distancing measures, lockdowns, and hand hygiene, countries that acted early had less cases and reduced mortality.
Now that COVIS-19 pandemic is entering the 6 month, what do you think has been the best strategy, selective, smart or mass testing? What testing strategy was used in your state, country or area of the world and what has been the result?
This is to understand the evolving trends and challenges in supply chain management due to effects of digitisation and problems faced to understand the challenges to benchmarking of standards and flow of processes to streamline flow of demand and supply.To bring about the behaviour change in all stake holders .constant adherence to environment health and safety policies.Continous output by companies in times of pandemic (social distancing)
It is impossible to maintain social distancing between caretakers of epileptic patients during this COVID-19 pandemic. As result most of these patients are always in close proximity with the caretakers making them susceptible to COVID-19 infections.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed a huge number of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory studies. But it difficult to conduct empirical social research.in order to maintain social distancing.
Psychological fatigue with social distancing is emerging as a major challenge for curbing a pandemic now into its eighth month. That’s especially so among young adults who are less fearful of the coronavirus, and suffer greater economic and social costs when they stay home.
Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/coronavirus-outbreak/fatigue-with-social-distancing-poses-virus-containment-challenge
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A rule of thumb in insect monitoring using insect traps is that "the trap is never detecting the first insect arriving in the field" that is "one insect in the trap represents many insects in the field".
Taking that to the Covid-19
Who came first to the field?
Has the first corona patient been detected when there were already some 999 asymptomatic carriers around? Because if that's the case, then the spread of the disease in the world is more inevitable and obeying the laws of nature than "practically stoppable" through social distancing and lock-downs. Isn't that so?
July 26, 2020: Fauci:
COVID-19: "The Ten Worst Things You Can Do." ("Fauci's Ten Commandments")
1. Not Social Distancing
2. Not Wearing a Face Mask
3. Being in Large Gatherings
4. Going to Bars
5. Not Washing Your Hands Often
6. Shaking Hands or Hugging
7. Taking Airplanes or Public Transportation
8. Dining Indoors at Restaurants
9. Going to the Gym
10. Ignoring Public Health Guidelines
Can everyone do this?
After the sanitary emergency of Covid19 which has brought the economy to a halt, recession, and jobs at risk, governments around the world prepare investment plans.
Again as usual with Covid19, its' the same threat, the same issue and phased solution: 1) lockdown to reduce the virus propagation, social distancing, face masks, hygiene; 2) relaunch of activities with social distancing and testing. Then, countries cna be compared, banchmarked against.
For instance, France has announced an investment plan of 110 billion euros [1], and UK twenty times less with 5 billion pounds [2] claimed to be huge.
What do you think of these plans? Are there other worth mentioning? Are they well designed? Will they bear fruit as Roosevelt inspired New Deal in the 1930s which applied Keynes' principle of "economy relaunch by stimulating consumption" and large public work investment.
Social distancing is the best defense against spreading coronavirus, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
“This pandemic is not over,” Dr. Robert Redfield told reporters during a media telebriefing. “The most powerful tool that we have, the most powerful weapon, is social distancing.”
The virus does not travel well over distances of longer than six or seven feet, Redfield said.
June 26, CNN
Here we analyse the legitimacy of government actions during the Covid-19 pandemic (lockdowns, social distancing, and masks) and the way they restrict individual choice and derail society by appealing to the masses. Rather than focusing on scientific research on the actual virus, we focus on the set of arguments typically provided by pro-measures individuals to show that they are based on the concepts of cognitive misery, lazy option, and problem substitution. We discuss some of the most notorious slogans and provide counterarguments to show that governments, media, experts and other institutions have been led by the inertia of a confusing problem based on arbitrary and entangled grounds. Our conclusion is that governments, media, and industry are forcing “one-liners” (slogans) upon the true minority under attack: the single individual. Only when the single individual manages to become a sufficiently strong power, consideration of personal choice is granted.
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The COVID-19 crisis threw schools into a lockdown and forcibly disrupted many assessment protocols. It’s impossible for most of the schools of third world countries to arrange routine examination for students of different grades maintaining social distancing to ensure safety and security. Many terminal examinations have been cancelled and students are in confusion too.
Social Vaccine: Why do common people ignore the social distancing norms despite the fact that it is only remedy available to combat the Covid - 19 pandemic? There are reports of mass violations of social distancing norms for and wide which has distorted the basic objective of containing the disease.
Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus
Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. COVID-19 is still affecting mostly people in China with some outbreaks in other countries. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. Take care of your health and protect others by doing the following:
Wash your hands frequently
Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.
Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.
Maintain social distancing
Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.
Why? When someone coughs or sneezes they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets, including the COVID-19 virus if the person coughing has the disease.
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If everyone has an experience about control of corona-virus, please share it.
In the wave of corona,and amidst lock down, and social distancing, one section of our society who are at greater risk are the older people, people above the age of sixty five. Lower immunity levels and co- morbidities put the geriatric population at greater risk. Is this sect of population are also having greater risk of psychological issues like loneliness and , fear of death leading towards depression?
Inviting discussions and responses..
There are millions of students in undeveloped or developing countries, who live under proverity line and their education is fully suspended due to social distancing.
With most aspects of life, underprivileged people always get the short end of the stick.
Is social distancing expected to hurt the poor people more than rich?
Due to necessities of social distances, and increasing charges of public transport, people's are unable to bear expenses of travel, to reach their work duties. Mostly getting lesser salary's. Government in country like India, increasing petroleum's products rates on daily basis. It seems unjustified. This causes increase of transportation costs of all crucial daily use grocery's etc items. How it is justified ?, or is there any solution to this?
Will there be a return to suburbia after social distancing in city centres? From NY to Bombay how will people react to density and habitations after the tiny assassins take over us?
COVID-19 crisis triggered lot of discussion about its origin, spread, current and future possible impact on society worldwide. At the same time, it did promote very dynamic research, innovation and development in the field of medicine and health.
Widespread school closures, social distancing, and work from home has significantly shifted how Canadians are using the internet to learn, work, and stay connected with friends and family. The findings suggest that the number of Canadians working from home has skyrocketed, and that many are experiencing slower internet speeds as video streaming and video and teleconferencing are on the rise.
Is the absence of decision by UK and NL to enforce social distanciation against Covid19 (unlike China, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, USA, etc) caused by memory loss of the positive effects of proactive enforcement of social distancing by US cities in the 1918 influenza pandemic? Death rates were reduced by 50%, source:
How best can we handle experimental studies involving body measurements without "breaching the Social Distancing requirements imposed by the Covid 19 Pandemic ?
It seems We already accepted stay home, social distancing and mask as grants to avoid Covid 19 infection. But, it has to be noted that droplets transport in the air depends on many environmental factors of which wind speed and direction as well as temperature can be considered. Also, if touching eye with unsafe hand can lead to infection then how is eye protection considered?
What do you think on the relevance of interdisciplinary research approach, including engineers?
Scholars your ideas are welcome!
Generally, We have been told to make social distancing and all others rules to follow, and we have been following since the pandemic situation started in whole world as our government advised. But, why it is more dangerous for the people who are 60 or more than 60 years, also if they are diabetics or they have high blood pressure. What kind of precaution they can take, if they visit to doctors or emergency work.
Many institutions are attempting to assist students in completing their studies so they can move on to employment or further studies. Graduation marks the successfu culmination of a programme of study. How do institutions make graduation meaningful within the context of a pandemic and social distancing protocols?
Implementation of social Distancing in an organization can give better result to minimize the pandemic of COVID-19. But what will be its positive side and negative side with respect in working environment.Please specify this.
Hello,
Hope everyone is safe.
I am working on a project related to - the ongoing status of how covid-19 and associated social distancing is affecting the lives of individuals with DOWN SYNDROME. Things I am particularly looking for:
- What types of data are currently collecting that include and analyze the associated groups of people?
- The mitigating steps were taken by the associated stakeholders.
- Effect of ongoing social distancing on this specific group of people.
If anyone can point to any related publications/documents/study/report/news/data, it is much appreciated.
Thanks
Using data source from January 23 to March 29, I have tried to create a monthly forecast model of COVID-19 new cases and deaths with an assumption of seasonal patterns every 7 day. Still the number of new cases identified globally is skyrocketing. Number of deaths will be two fold higher in the next one month, again globally. Model is estimated to be strong but slightly varying by countries depending on the data reporting. I have pasted a figure - global, but the pattern in mainland china, Italy, US, UK and Spain, reveals the truth. New cases in Italy subsides but death is still going to continue to be high (data not shown). I hope we all need to take serious measures in the preventive actions such as social distancing. Let’s protect our doctors, nurses, leaders by adhering to guidance we hear from our experts. For Ethiopia, the model is not good and may be misleading.
I would like to know what would be a better "marker" to define the flexibilization or the end of social distance (or quarantine)?
Social distancing now enforced in many countries requires that there is a minimum distance between people in any public place.
1. Distancing and density
A consequence of social distancing, when enforced, is to put an upper bound on human density in any public space. If you stay at least "r", say 1.5 m - 2.0 m, apart from your neighbour, there is an exclusion circle of radius r around you which nobody can enter. This is a geometrical question known by chemists and physicists in crystallography: how can you pack atoms in space efficient ways? Here we have circles of radius r, and if the public space is a square of edge N*r, you cannot pack more than NxN circles in that space. Hence on a surface of S=(N*r)**2 you cannot have more than N**2 persons. That means a maximum density of 1/(r**2) people per square meter if the radius r is enforced for social distancing.
2. Lower density, hence less privacy, in public space
This means that individual people cannot "hide in the crowd", and everyone becomes more visible to external observers, or to the fewer individuals present locally. That would be a first consideration for the impact on privacy
3. Home lock-down and privacy?
If people stay at home, with few exceptions known to us, then knowing one's address is knowing where one is, with probability close to one.
Then the address becomes the key privacy parameter. If someone does not want others to know where they are, they need their address not to be shared or leaked.
Do you agree with the above?
What is your view on how the privacy question is changed by social distancing, and home lock-down?
Are there additional aspects?
During Covid-19 people are maintaining social distancing. Social distancing is a non-pharmaceutical infection prevention and control intervention implemented to avoid/decrease contact between those who are infected with a disease causing pathogen and those who are not, so as to stop or slow down the rate and extent of disease transmission from one person to others. This eventually leads to decrease in spread, morbidity and mortality. Why it is not called as physical distancing instead social distancing?
People in India are under lockdown, constrained and restricted in their movements. The anxiety and depression plus the practical difficulties — financial and employment — as well as the effects of segregation from own relatives, is going to take a toll on people in terms of their mental and emotional wellbeing.
Is Taiwan proof of that?
Philip Johnston in The Telegraph April 21, 2020 wrote under the headline, The Government had a plan to fight this pandemic – but it lost its nerve. He says the Government (UK) “Concerned that it would be seen to be putting the economy ahead of the NHS, it is now inflicting worse damage on the country than the virus itself.”
Would social distancing and persistent hand washing have been sufficient? Perhaps with noses and mouths covered? Was the lockdown an over reaction? Was there a panicked over-reaction because of a failure to think through planning during the many years preceding COVID-19 when epidemic and possible pandemic were recognized as inevitable occurrences?
If everyone can keep social distancing, is it necessary to wear face masks? Which measure is essential or they completment each other?
Specifically, are there recommendations for numbers of days to cluster shifts?
Recommendations from CDC and OSHA only state "staggered shifts" but I cannot find guidance on clustering schedules.
We run a foodservice operation 7 days per week, and are looking at clustering schedules (i.e., 3 days on, 3 days off, 4 days on, 4 days off) and have divided each shift (early and late shifts) into two teams, given our reduced workload. If team A is on, team B is essentially on recall status, but on paid administrative leave, which reduces the likelihood that if one staff member becomes is exposed to the novel coronavirus, the entire shift may be quarantined. Cluster scheduling is one of the mechanism we are using to further social distancing efforts in the workplace.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a pandemic by the WHO.
The structures of social contact critically determine the spread of the infection and, in the absence of vaccines, the control of these structures through large-scale social distancing measures appears to be the most effective means of mitigation. Here use an age-structured SIR model with social contact matrices obtained from surveys and Bayesian imputation to study the progress of the COVID-19 epidemic in India. The basic reproductive ratio R_0 and its time-dependent generalization are computed based on case data, age distribution and social contact structure. The impact of social distancing measures - workplace non-attendance, school closure, lockdown - and their efficacy with duration is then investigated. A three-week lockdown is found insufficient to prevent a resurgence and, instead, protocols of sustained lockdown with periodic relaxation are suggested. Forecasts are provided for the reduction in age-structured morbidity and mortality as a result of these measures. The study underlines the importance of age and social contact structures in assessing the country-specific impact of mitigatory social distancing.
It may be difficult for schools to resume immediately after the lockdown period as a result of the emphasis on social distancing rules, following the Covid-19 pandemic?
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Currently, as of March 24, 2020, social distancing is the only defense against the local and the global spread of the COVID-19 virus. The virus is spreading like a wildfire, because social distancing is contrary to the ethos of humankind. For this reason, COVID-19 is a war against humanity, and each and every person is a soldier. Not only are we fighting against this extraordinarily contagious affliction, we are also coping with maintaining a strong defense against it. Do you have a scientific and/or social opinion or a question about the discussion topic, which is "Social Distancing"?
As part of a public sociology class---and given the huge global "experiment" we are all part of with the COVID-19 health crisis, I'm facilitating a small team of undergrads on a new "rapid response" protocol. We are focussing on the "sociology and meaning of social distancing". We have found key background documents from 2009 and it is clear that the current policies are based on that work. However, we are now looking for any and all background materials----research, policy docs, analyses---that focus on the cross-cultural implications and IMPACT. Thanks for any leads, links, ideas, books etc
As the world continues to witness the ravaging effects of the Corona pandemic and as people, organisations and nation states hurry to find a cure, adopt social distancing measures and restrict movements and civil liberties/freedoms, researchers in a range of scientific disciplines are wondering what and how they can actually contribute. I am one within such a growing number of enthusiasts in this emerging Corona-related problem areas. I wonder 'what are these problem areas?'
I also wonder what types of research work will begin to emerge as a result of having identified some key problem areas. What new areas of study will we begin to see such that our knowledge and understanding of the virus that has caused the pandemic will be developed?
How (i.e. by using what types of methods) will we begin to ascertain the full impacts of the pandemic on people's lives, organisations and countries of various political, economic and socio-cultural orientations?
I am keen to gather a range of research perspectives, methods and potential categories on the Corona pandemic and new studies that will help to highlight the problem areas and through the use of appropriate methods help in facilitating a deeper understanding and knowledge of how we can help businesses, governments and people to bounce back from such adversity.
I also hope that the efforts will lead toward not only containing but eventually resolving the problems that the pandemic has caused to the daily ('normal') lives of people, the operational capacity of companies large and small and nation states (developed, developing or otherwise) around the world.
Due to social Distancing and other no gathering activities, what type of activities (Majorly Negative activities) has been under control due to complete lockdown.
Many people agree with the claim that the COVID 19 pandemia is going to change our lives beyond social distancing measures. Impacts will probably differ among different dimensions of societies (culture, demography, socioeconomic structure, land tenure, etc.). There will probably be direct impacts that are easier to identify (social behaviour, sanitary strategies, markets, etc.). But what about cascading effects? Indirect effects are more difficult to pinpoint. Regarding Agriculture, the question I propose for discussion and scenario analysis (causal chain analysis?) is: "What could be the sequences of effects on agriculture in general and crop protection in particular?".
Some potential auxiliary questions:
a) Could consumers change demands regarding food security and quality? If so, what could be the (new) pressures on crop protection?
b) Could the world change prioirities? Dependent on continent, region, type of agricultural farming systems?
c) Could there be a shift on research and development agendas of funding agencies?
d) Brainstorming of ideas and/or other auxiliary questions.
This question relates to the question, Is it possible to catch COVID-19 twice? Acquired immunity might slow the spread of COVID-19 or provide some protection from re-infection for those who survive the disease. The advantages of acquired immunity might be impaired if the rate of mutation, or the kinds of mutation, impair the advantages of acquired immunity.
A March 3, 2020 research article in the National Science Review considers mutation: On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2. The authors are: ang, Xiaolu and Wu, Changcheng and Li, Xiang and Song, Yuhe and Yao, Xinmin and Wu, Xinkai and Duan, Yuange and Zhang, Hong and Wang, Yirong and Qian, Zhaohui and Cui, Jie and Lu, Jia.
The article describes two major strain designated L and S. The authors infer that the S type is the ancestral version, and is less aggressive. The L type they said is more prevalent, about 70% than the S type, about 30%.
The public health advice to follow social distancing is directed to slowing the proliferation of the disease. But I wonder: might social distancing also impair the mutation rate of COVID-19? If slowing the mutation rate is beneficial, then social distancing has advantages in addition to slowing the spread of the disease. Do you know the epidemiology that relates to this question?
Two questions about the COVID-19 pandemic.
First. Do you think that the statistics being released by your country’s health authorities are [unreliable], [somewhat reliable] or [quite reliable]?
Second. Has your country (or municipality, etc.) adopted any kind of social distancing as a procedure to combat the COVID-19 pandemic?
I’m a Brazilian biologist and writer. I write about science and would like to know the opinion of colleagues from other countries (from any field of scientific knowledge).
My own analysis of the statistics for March leads me to say that the pandemic is losing strength (on a global scale). For details, see ‘Initial Evidence That the COVID-19 Pandemic May Be Weakening’ (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340438940_Initial_Evidence_That_the_COVID-19_Pandemic_May_Be_Weakening).
[The previous discussion – ‘The driver of biological evolution: genetics or ecology?’ – is here https://www.researchgate.net/post/The_driver_of_biological_evolution_genetics_or_ecology.]
Natural disasters and Force Majeure including, but not limited to, act of God, acts or orders of governmental authorities, tsunamis, earthquakes, fire, flood, typhoon, tidal wave, or hurricanes have caused unprecedented amount of lost to lives and properties around the world. Design disciplines, such as architecture and environmental design have responded well to such events in two main ways. The first obvious answer to disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis is the physical structural resilience of the built environment, such as buildings, infrastructures, and landscapes especially along the sea coasts. The second intervention measure is the social disaster preparedness of the community and individual. Amongst many others, these two physical and social resilience preparedness in the face of natural disasters can be observed in various design oeuvre: urban, building projects and products.
The so called lockdown ordered by governments around the world is essential to fight the pandemic. While acknowledging the necessity it is also clear these measures could cripple the world economy, trade, connectivity, etc., and bring on a global recession never seen before in such a large scale in the world history. Amidst these uncertain times, the normal practices of meetings are replaced by video conferences and other forms of connectivity. But, these shift was made possible with the current information and technology. However the habitats we now occupy can be said to be a programme and agenda, or products of the past eras. Given such conditions, how can Covid-19 pandemic influence design and design research? How will such a pandemic initiate positive changes in the field of design and research to conform to socially, economically, and environmentally responsible agendas?
A common trend I have seen among many shoppers and other people, in this troubling times, is the wearing of latex gloves as a measure against contracting the Covid- 19 virus. While shopping, many of these people touch surfaces and items (possibly with the virus) and then touch their phones as they listen to a phone call, and/or browse social media sites, possibly transferring the virus onto the surface of their phones. When they reach home, they take the latex gloves off, maybe wash their hands and go back to touching their (maybe) Covid-19 infested phones with their bare hands, transferring the virus from the phone to their hands. Does this concern you too? Let's stay safe people.
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are doing well and staying healthy at home during this time. We may feel uncertain about the direction of humanity as we adjust to the "new normal". It's going to be ok because social distancing is working well to flatten the curve. The more we practice introversion now, the sooner we can be ambiverts again in the future.
Naturally, conducting research has become even more challenging, so I am reading articles in preparation for writing a research paper.
My question to you is: Are there major companies (Baptist, Google, Amazon, etc.) working with nearby graduate programs to hire Exercise Research Analysts who can lead their employees to increase productivity?
I decided to start a discussion on that topic following my recent publication of a simplified model which is not more as a rough estimation of what we can expect in the Corona Crisis:
The Key questions we should answer are
- which maximum of infected cases/ deaths do we expect?
- when do we expect the maximum and how does the curve of infected cases look like in general?
- how looks the recovery rate, shape of the recovery curve?
- how can we avoid such a spread in the future?
- how can we install a warning system that tells us early enough when a pandemia is expected again, in more detail: from which point do we have enough information to calculate the infection curves? (fitting the parameters or calculating the curves with ab initio calculations?)
For me it is quite surprising that there are so rare studies that really make clear prognosis for the future (with date on the x-axis and cases on the y-axis) while you find a lot of different models and analyses behind. From the actual numbers we got from several countries and continuous monitoring of social distancing, daily calculated growth factors and infection rates we should be able to do better, or? I am expecting to see such curves after discussions with experts and authorities in the media to give people some hope where we will go if they strictly follow the rules. Actually we more likely find "news tickers" where the infection of single persons or any random number is exposed. I think we do very well with the measures but quite bad with the information policy/politics.
Actually I started to refine the published model and I am very interested in collaborations. My very best wishes! Stay healthy!
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Social distancing measures restrict when and where people can gather in order to stop or slow the spread of infectious diseases. A low risk patient, or someone who has minimal or even no symptoms, can pass the virus on to someone who is high risk.
I`m wondering why in some countries social distancing measures has been followed while in others people are not following these instructions.
Covid-19 spread is strongly related to social spreading. Global instructions demand for social distancing. More than ever before finding the right balance between privacy legislations and general interest is a topic for debate.
There are communications with Google and Facebook to get help by providing de-identified data in order to map social spreading now, tomorrow but perhaps as important based on the spreading of the last 60 days.
My question is: how to solve this? Are any groups or labs looking for a solution?
What is the general opinion on the value of open data related with social spreading?
Thanks
Sven Van Poucke, MD, PhD
Novel Corona Virus is a pandemic outbreak that was declared by the WHO. More cases and deaths have now been reported in the rest of the world than in China. So, I request to this forum what are the best and effective precaution traditional methods that were followed by our ancestors when they had met these kinds of crucial situation. Apart from personal sanitation, social distance and travel restrictions what are the other ways to control this outbreak?
I have tried to access the following tools but have not been successful. Any suggestions or help is appreciated.
1. The Ohio Social Acceptance Scale
2. Adult Attachment Interview
3. Self-Perception Profile
4. Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children
5. The Factoral Scale of Socialization
5. The Factorial Scale of Socialization
There are plenty of papers evaluating various intergroup attitudes of one group toward another (social distance, anxiety, avoid/approach tendencies,..) but are there any working with tendencie toward mutual work cooperation?
Thank you very much for suggestions.
So far I found lots of studies, measuring perceptions etc, they seem to describe the scales , sometimes their a copy of subscales in text but struggling to find any with the actual statements measured, or questions asked
