NEW story: data from @Google shows that people in the UK were broadly adhering to the lockdown during the first two weeks, but an @FT analysis finds that warm sunny weather over the last week saw Brits flocking back to green spaces https://www.ft.com/content/3a654170-d53c-4efa-862a-027496fb6289 …
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1) Google’s public data on this lags by about a week. It shows that by Sunday 5 April, Britons were trailing only hard-hit Spain, France and Italy in terms of avoiding retail and restaurants etc. Locking down more comprehensively than Germany, US and Swedenpic.twitter.com/PwX1N0fEGV
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2) The same is true of public transport. Britons are avoiding discretionary travel more than people in Germany, US and Sweden, and almost as much as Spain etc.pic.twitter.com/ZjfRlA47Pa
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3) Parks have been harder for us to quit. By early April we were beginning to stay away, but as sun came out over wknd of 4/5 April, we started going back out to enjoy green spaces (as did Germans & Swedes). Contrast to Spain, Italy, France where most parks are strictly closed.pic.twitter.com/cU6xzJBoKR
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Why on earth should we “quit” going to parks? That’s not government advice. Do a chart on how many people don’t have gardens.
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