Thread by @ProfJohnDrury, Self-isolation for #COVID__19 has always been a problem.Resorting to coercion is a [...]

John Drury

ProfJohnDrury

Self-isolation for #COVID__19 has always been a problem.

Resorting to coercion is a failure of public engagement and is a poor solution.

A thread of evidence and alternatives. 1/6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54221953">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5...

£10,000 fines for self-isolation breaches

Boris Johnson says the change means people with coronavirus are legally obliged to stay at home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54221953

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& #39;Legal enforcement of self-isolation can create trade-offs by dissuading individuals from self-reporting& #39; https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.20.20178558v1">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...

Engagement and adherence trade-offs for SARS-CoV-2 contact tracing

Contact tracing is an important tool for allowing countries to ease lockdown policies introduced to combat SARS-CoV-2. For contact tracing to be effective, those with symptoms must self-report...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.20.20178558v1

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Evidence from another type of public health emergency intervention - CBRN mass decontamination - suggests that coercion can have a backfire effect, leading to resistance not engagement

Holly Carter @EPR_HPRU @DrRichardAmlot @ProfRJWWilliams

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJES-06-2012-0026/full/html">https://www.emerald.com/insight/c...

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& #39;Staying at home& #39; more generally during the pandemic was better predicted by a sense of & #39;we& #39;re all in it together& #39; than fear of punishment. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/lockdown-social-norms/">https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsa...

The lockdown and social norms: why the UK is complying by consent rather than compulsion

The belief that ‘we are all in it together’ is more important than other factors in explaining why the UK public has complied with lockdown measures so far, early data suggests. Jonatha…

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/lockdown-social-norms/

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Factors associated with adherence to self-isolation and lockdown measures

@DrRichardAmlot
@EPR_HPRU
et al.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003335062030319X">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...

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Rapid review of evidence conclusions from @WesselyS @EPR_HPRU and others:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350620300718?via%3Dihub">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...

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