Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

The science of social distancing and total lock down : Does it work? whom does it benefit?

Musinguzi, Geofrey and Asamoah, Benedict Oppong LU (2020) In Electronic Journal of General Medicine 17(6).
Abstract

COVID-19 is spiralling like wild fire and has caused a global mayhem. Many lives have already been lost, and the global economy is at stake. In the absence of vaccine, social distancing and total lock down is the current mainstay in efforts to mitigate and flatten the epidemic curves. Several countries across the globe are currently implementing social distancing and total lock downs. However, what is social distancing and lock down? Does it work? Whom does it benefit? We expound on these questions and conclude that social distancing and lock down benefit the local and international community alike. Moreover, we hypothesis that evacuations may facilitate international spread of a highly contagious disease of pandemic potential.

Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
COVID-19, SARS-COV 2, Social distancing, Total lock down
in
Electronic Journal of General Medicine
volume
17
issue
6
article number
em230
publisher
Modestum Ltd.
external identifiers
  • scopus:85085530684
ISSN
2516-3507
DOI
10.29333/ejgm/7895
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
85ce13be-8a20-4a0c-8c81-b158361cad60
date added to LUP
2020-06-08 14:09:15
date last changed
2022-04-18 22:38:28
@article{85ce13be-8a20-4a0c-8c81-b158361cad60,
  abstract     = {{<p>COVID-19 is spiralling like wild fire and has caused a global mayhem. Many lives have already been lost, and the global economy is at stake. In the absence of vaccine, social distancing and total lock down is the current mainstay in efforts to mitigate and flatten the epidemic curves. Several countries across the globe are currently implementing social distancing and total lock downs. However, what is social distancing and lock down? Does it work? Whom does it benefit? We expound on these questions and conclude that social distancing and lock down benefit the local and international community alike. Moreover, we hypothesis that evacuations may facilitate international spread of a highly contagious disease of pandemic potential.</p>}},
  author       = {{Musinguzi, Geofrey and Asamoah, Benedict Oppong}},
  issn         = {{2516-3507}},
  keywords     = {{COVID-19; SARS-COV 2; Social distancing; Total lock down}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  publisher    = {{Modestum Ltd.}},
  series       = {{Electronic Journal of General Medicine}},
  title        = {{The science of social distancing and total lock down : Does it work? whom does it benefit?}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/7895}},
  doi          = {{10.29333/ejgm/7895}},
  volume       = {{17}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}