While quarantine is by far the best tool for quickly limiting the spread of an infectious disease, it comes at a high price.
Sandro Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, author, and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, says that the scars of quarantine will last long after the virus is contained. When thinking about already vulnerable communities, Galea’s work becomes even more compelling.
In another study published this past January, he and his colleagues found significant upticks in depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms in communities who participated in protests, riots, and resistance efforts—the types of communities who […]
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