It is a balancing act. Reopening the economy abruptly without any planning or strategy is suicidal. President Balsanaro of Brazil is a fine example of this ridiculous behavior. During any point of a national crisis each citizen will have to make sacrifices. That is what patriotism involves. Patriotism is not protesting against restrictions and claiming someone's rights have been violated. No "right" is absolute.

This is partly correct. However, long down alone couldn't have done the whole work without other measures. Many countries that have asked their people to go back to their usual business but with strict adherence to other measures of preventing transmission were still able to curtail the spread of the disease.

No. It is not possible to police this new dangerous respiratory virus.

Coping success is bound to adaptive health behavior of any human population.

This is a matter of rational information and practical measures.

It is decisive to check the virus via rigorous public hygiene and to not kill the economy.

The already great toll on human mental health needs also to be considered,

with respect for a successful strategy.

One of the effective methods to slow down the pandemic. It reduces contamination. Of course, this decision is taken by evaluating the social and economic situation of the country / region as well as in terms of health. As a result the benefit of lockdown is certain, but the decision must be taken with a holistic evaluation.

Lockdown is a measure adopted by lousy managers. It only generates unemployment and aggressively affects the poorest.

Totally agree with dr.Humberto Costa for his reply.

Good question.... Thanks

Present virus is acting differently so only lockdown will not help but partial lockdown, awareness and other measures are required to control the virus.

Agree with Ilhami Unluoglu ! The holistic approach is needed.

No. It is not suitable

It is a temporary measure, should not be long.

The complete closure did not reduce the number of injuries, as well as the measures taken by the health services, disrupted economic, social & cultural life, & the number of injuries did not decrease, This means that these measures are incorrect.

To a reasonable extent....it is

Thank you for the fascinating question. I think no because the complete lockdown didn't reduce the number of infected, as well as the best method to reduce the number of an infected person is vaccination

Good question. Tks.

It's dependent on the country, people and economic situation

Yes

Ek ek PhD holder ko Kan pakadke sikhana padega ki virus kaise thik karte hai

Tarik Hossain

Dear Professor,

Thank you for the interesting topic of discussion.

As far as me knowledge goes, lock down is a period of halt that is arranged to use that time for building the necessary infrastructure for fighting the pandemic/ epidemic. The purpose of lock down is not really to control a pandemic.

So if we do not use the period of lock down and instead sit idle, then the cost and benefit perspective of it becomes useless. Only EU nations have been able to use the lock down period fully. Some other nations like Canada and Israel's name can also be added to that list. Most other nations were sitting idle during this period. So the answer to your question will have to be a 'no', an unfortunate 'no'.

Best regards,

Anamitra.

Any close interaction with living organisms spreads the virus.

Also non-living materials.

Hence living things and non-living things spreads the virus.

Their percentages are different. Living organisms much more.

"costs and benefit perspective"

I think "dead" or "death" can be grouped in the costs mindset and "alive" "live" "life" in the benefits mindset.

There are also death cases indirectly related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

For instance: cancer patients, chronic kidney disease patients

Covid 19 kills directly and indirectly.

Hence, I think people or persons should take action and stop their international travels, their national travels, their province or city travels, and also their travels in their streets, etc.

I think nobody exactly knows the mortality rates of the Covid 19 (directly, indirectly).

There are many people with different illnesses. They need their treatments.

So please stop traveling as much as possible.

"lockdown" is a solution if people can not do what they have to do.

Governmental organizations (state bodies) and governments are responsible.

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I would like to add one important info.

Humankind is lucky in this virus case.

If it were like Nipah (fatality rate: 77.6%), Ebola (fatality rate: 40.4%), MERS fatality rate: 34.4%) and similar, it would be catastrophic.

Covid-19 virus's direct fatality rate is 2% now.

The researchers and the site staff who know Nipah, Ebola, MERS, and similar will understand me and may want to share their experiences. They lived with them.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-to-sars-swine-flu-mers-zika-2020-3

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/graphic-coronavirus-compares-flu-ebola-other-major-outbreaks

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

The next virus may be a catastrophic one if humankind lives like that. Climate change, melting glaciers, forests, rainforests, etc.

What has to be done is very clear, simple, and obvious.

Good luck

The life of people is the first thing to consider, but the cost.

This is not good for developing countries

Following

Yes. It will help to prevent person-to-person transmission

To some extent, yes

I believe that with strict compliance with social distancing measures, most normal activities can resume and lockdowns are not required. The challenge is that without lockdowns people do not follow social distancing...

Tarik Hossain

Dear Professor,

Thank you for the interesting topic of discussion.

In developing economies like ours, the costs of controlling the pandemic through lock down are usually huge. Comparatively benefits are few and slow to achieve and visualize. But, we need to keep in mind that such developing economies like ours are usually densely populated and huge chunks of the populations in such countries are illiterate. So, there are no other ways of controlling the pandemic. The governments in such countries are forced to lock down.

Best regards,

Anamitra.

That might likely bring benefits in particular cases. But the evidence worldwide shows that the lockdown might be unnecessary if all people take care of themselves responsibly.

The implementation of lockdowns is the most basic and important tool to restrict the spread of any disease like COVID.

If remain alive…then only will enjoy benifit