Rising civil unrest, conspiracy theories and racism typically follows in the wake of disease epidemics, a study of historical outbreaks has warned. Researchers from Italy analysed 57 past epidemics — finding that the turmoil from each outbreak tended to result in a quieting of existing unrest. The findings, the team said, may explain why movements … Read more
World leaders ‘mimicked each others’ lockdowns’, scientists claim, after finding 80 per cent of developed countries began restrictions in March despite having very different epidemics. Swedish researchers – whose country never went into lockdown at all – examined when decisions such as school closures occurred in 36 countries, including the UK, US and New Zealand. … Read more
Coronavirus cases that set off Washington’s epidemic did not arrive until three weeks after the first case was confirmed on January 21, study finds A Washington man was identified as the first US coronavirus case on January 21 The US restricted any non-US citizen from traveling into the US from China on February 2 But … Read more