Lockdown/reopening: Repercussions of blind following
After global adoption of lockdown as one of the recommended measures to prevent and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and despite the growing number of new cases and fatalities across the world, there is a steadily growing trend of reopening of business activities. This makes many folks wonder its logical explanation as there is still no substantive medication against the virus.
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