#covid19 #auspol extraordinary paper in Nature highlighting that we should be listening to a much wider range…

#covid19 #auspol extraordinary paper in Nature highlighting that we should be listening to a much wider range of expertise in a pandemic. A study of patterns of movement in Colombian cities during the pandemic, triangulated against socio-economic factors. /1

For starters, look at the way schools drive social mobility. Nothing else comes close as a driver of people mixing. Remembering that schools are also the areas of life most governments are most casual with in this pandemic. Thousands of children becoming infected every week. /2 https://t.co/EfoHEY44U1

Prior to lockdown, wealthy areas have greater mobility than poor areas. When restrictions are applied, that mobility is much more elastic than that in poor areas, who need to keep moving for work. /3 https://t.co/y4uSwGkAJG

For partial lockdown, look at the greater dispersion of points, corresponding with different strategies applied by different localities. A critical finding of the research is that even in lockdown, mobility continues. Borders and boundaries are administrative constructs. /end https://t.co/XCcVYWC7JV