The COVID-19 pandemic has been depressing, demoralizing, and stressful for people around the world. But is there any way to measure exactly how bad it has made everyone feel?
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2022
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Over the past 18 months of COVID lockdowns, many of us have experienced the heaviness of loneliness—missing family, friends, and meaningful social contact.
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2021
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A study by the University of Southampton suggests population movement and social mixing rose sharply following the end of the second COVID-19 UK lockdown and then fell away suddenly a few days before Christmas 2020.
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2021
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Lockdowns are costly. They damage businesses and livelihoods.
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2021
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Lockdowns initiated to curb the spread of the coronavirus in China and Europe at the beginning of the pandemic improved air quality, averting tens of thousands of deaths in regions where air pollution has a significant impact ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2020
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Diminished anthropogenic pollutant emissions during 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns reduced snowmelt in the Himalayas, according to a study published in the journal PNAS Nexus.
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2023
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A recent study published by researchers from the University of Seville shows that university students make excessive use of their mobile phones. The study relates the number of hours that young people spend sitting down, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2020
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Queen's researcher Christopher Cotton is one of the authors of "Building the Canadian Shield," an approach that says a longer lockdown will save more lives and cost less economically.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2021
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Seismic data could be used under certain conditions as a proxy to monitor the level of human activity in urban environments, providing similar details to those offered by other common mobility indicators, according to a new ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 7, 2021
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The U.S. risks hurting the economy more than helping it if the economy is restarted before mid-June, new research shows.
Economics & Business
Apr 16, 2020
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