Lockdowns don’t actually work (see pinned tweet). One reason is that it’s preposterous to think one can just halt an interwoven societal fabric. So “lockdown” is instead just poor people risking exposure to continue providing goods/services to rich people sheltering in place.
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A thousand books can (and will) be written on the harms of lockdowns. This thread will instead focus on its epic exacerbation of the divide between rich & poor. Last week I let 30 studies do the talking; this time I will let 23 pictures tell the story.

1. High earners are the ones that can work from home:

2. Similarly, only a majority of those with a college or postgraduate degree can work from home (also note the disparity in race/income):

3. This is reflected in mobility by income bracket – those with the higher incomes are able to “stay safe, stay at home”: