Let's start a thread with pandemic "mitigations" that are as *on brand* for the country while also as pointless as possible. Sri Lanka has a strong entry below. I'll be submitting one right below that. (Warning: gallows humor will likely show up, and may not be for everyone).https://twitter.com/yudhanjaya/status/1394348662558400513 …
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Remember we are looking for *on brand* for the location and pointless, high score on both increases competitiveness. Merely pointless doesn't count as much because that's just too many examples right now.
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Australia represents! Being wealthy and big enough that you have resources to helicopter in to campers so remote that was the only way to get to them? Also saying "stay home, save lives" at the end. A++.https://twitter.com/AllanRicharz/status/1394379345767145478 …
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A seal of approval for this one! (No worries, I'll show myself out at the end).https://twitter.com/3PSboyd/status/1394380338399301633 …
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Okay, this one has me worried. I hope this was not widespread.https://twitter.com/Anooprkp/status/1394380887702134784 …
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Perennial first world problem, so to speak. In the clinic I volunteered, solution was sensible: let people put a surgical mask *over* their N95. (It was prolonged time indoors and not in a hospital so no hospital ventilation—highest risk thing I did tbh).https://twitter.com/DRO_oDR/status/1394381257430142988 …
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Yes, this may be the sad US winner. Announcing a weird travel ban late (and not strong enough if one really wanted to shut the border) but causing a rush back and then making the people wait in cramped queues indoors while handing out disinfectant wipes. https://twitter.com/malatesting/status/1394381749212352517 …pic.twitter.com/0VzwpfIJvV
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Well, fine, but that makes the stunt *worse* tbhhttps://twitter.com/beach_hermit/status/1394381452083531777 …
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Yeah, though I have a bit more sympathy for whatever we did in March of 2020 (both fear and uncertainty were understandably high) but this example is a bit extreme, and circling the dog walking as non-essential makes it past the threshold.https://twitter.com/miroirdufou/status/1394383639752945666 …
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Yes, the way US did "travel bans" (which weren't, really) was really peak counterproductive. https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/1394384717349367812 …
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I was going to ask for pictures or news story, but having lived in Europe, I totally believe this. "You need forms to be able to leave, and these unspecified forms can be obtained in person at the local courthouse" would be a way to up this game. https://twitter.com/bertil_hatt/status/1394389935508140033 …
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The fact-check is on-brand, too! "That’s mostly right — it was a paddle boarder, not a surfer, out on the water at a beach that was closed to slow the spread of COVID-19." Please get the water device correct, people! https://twitter.com/HJWallEcon/status/1394390583653900289 …pic.twitter.com/DQlOpCBn9S
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Also, folks, do note: I was confident that this thread wouldn't turn into tragicomic reflections mostly from poorer countries! Not at all! (If anything, some poorer countries have more robust public health reflexes). The struggle, so to speak, is global.
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Yeah, another local but also global photo. https://twitter.com/Hassan_Massoud/status/1394389562533818368 …
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Yeah, my own university had large outbreaks early on last year so we... sent many of the students home.https://twitter.com/nevona/status/1394386328196898819 …
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