Fatigue with social distancing poses coronavirus containment challenge
CANBERRA (BLOOMBERG) - Psychological fatigue with social distancing is emerging as a major challenge for curbing a pandemic now into its eight month. That's especially so among young adults who are less fearful of the coronavirus, and suffer greater economic and social costs when they stay home. From Japan to Spain and the United States, infections among millennials and Generation Z are driving new waves of cases which don't seem to be abating despite re-imposed restrictions. The worrying trend reflects that social distancing curbs are proving untenable over a long period, despite their initial efficacy in flattening the virus curve across the world earlier this year. "They are the people who are most economically and socially affected with lockdowns, but who are least affected by the disease," said Peter Collignon, a professor of clinical medicine at the Australian National University Medical School in Canberra. "The problem we've got is people we most nee...
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