More Data Needed: Why has lockdown not worked better?
We are now weeks into lockdown, and in general I think concensus is that most people are adhering to it. Yet if we genuinely are only going out for food, medicine and exercise, we should have seen a major drop after lockdown was in force. This hasn't happened, although the number of cases has slowed slightly.
The Scottish government should be praised for its transparency - but here I think we need more data to understand. what is happening. Has the government been looking for data on how these new cases since lockdown happened? For example are they from supermarket shopping? from hospitals? from people who were not adhering to lockdown? from people coming into Scotland? If we are not looking for this data we should be, since it will enable us to focus attention on the problems.
Why the contribution is important
It is essential to understand why the lockdown has not worked better, so we can focus on correcting this. When combined with testing and tracking, it has the potential to get on top of the spread.
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