A case for ending lockdown
If it&#x27;s not obvious, I wrote this.<p>The intent is to be a fairly comprehensive coverage of what we know about COVID-19 and what it means for our policy. Note that the article is written from a US-based perspective although I suspect it&#x27;s relevant to a broader audience.<p>In general, I believe that the case against lockdown has been highly stigmatized and thus many people have not been exposed to a convincing argument of why some of us feel that our response has actually made things worse.<p>I encourage any pull requests (see the very final section).<p>If you&#x27;re short on time, I&#x27;d recommend at least reading <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ryankemper.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;2020-04-29-the_case_for_ending_lockdown&#x2F;#section-6-tl-dr-simple-words-only" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ryankemper.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;2020-04-29-the_case_for_endin...</a>, which has a readability score (Flesch-Kincaid, etc) of around a middle school level and is extremely brief and to the point.<p>For those who have a bit more time but still not enough for the whole article, I&#x27;d recommend at least reading <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ryankemper.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;2020-04-29-the_case_for_ending_lockdown&#x2F;#section-2-how-serious-is-covid-19" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ryankemper.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;2020-04-29-the_case_for_endin...</a>. In particular understanding the age-stratified risk distribution, and how it differs from Influenza, is super important. Finally I&#x27;d also recommend checking out the proposal, which ironically is the shortest section: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ryankemper.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;2020-04-29-the_case_for_ending_lockdown&#x2F;#section-4-pareto-mitigation-an-evidence-based-approach" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ryankemper.io&#x2F;post&#x2F;2020-04-29-the_case_for_endin...</a><p>Thanks for any feedback.