bsky.app/profile/plan... Lessons need to be learnt in case it repeats itself. It is better to regulate society than (essentially) suspend it, and if it is to be suspended, the least critical areas (like the Maryland casinos which reopened early) should be suspended longest.
A non-trivial number of sociopaths online (including the powerful): DOGE crazies, internet-poisoned billionaires) probably would not exist had things not played out the way they did. There’s a case to be made that the isolation tipped Putin over the edge.
Next time lockdowns are considered, the science of “what happens if people are isolated for X months?” needs to be considered in tandem with any potential slowing of the spread of disease.
