Mar 22, 2020 11:48 PM
(This post was last modified: Mar 23, 2020 03:53 AM by C C.)
COVID-19 potentially providing cover for gang injunctions in the U.S. to be bundled under, minus the need for layers of special wording?
Nope: "Fascinating the mayor wants to be proactive in light of this virus, but refuses to be proactive to prevent gang violence. She can tell people to stay home and not gather in groups for the greater good, but won’t impose a gang injunction or clear out homeless camps for the same reason. How many people have died from gang violence, or living in the elements?"
[...] "Additionally - - studies have shown that gang injunctions are NOT effective at reducing gang violence, but other, more human approaches DO work..."
But OTOH... Pros and cons of gang injunctions: According to the study “Do Gang Injunctions Reduce Violent Crime? Four Tests in Merseyside, UK,” published in December 2017 in the "Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing", injunctions resulted in significant decreases in criminal gang activity. [...] The Cambridge study seems like valid proof that the injunctions are effective, at least in England. But that study didn’t consider the cost to personal rights.
IOW, what warrants confidence in a conflicting array of quasi-junk studies? Research in the human sciences (social, psychological, statistical, etc) is so entangled beforehand in personal perspectives, thought orientation preferences, and conforming to virtue-posturing trends on the part of the scientists, that it's frequently compromised by motivated setup conditions and motivated interpretation of data. Not to mention ordinary errors, fraud, the "publish or perish" and replication crisis problems, and funding sources ('buy science conclusions") such is plagued by.
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Coronavirus: Germany tightens curbs and bans meetings of more than two
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51999080
INTRO: Germany has expanded curbs on social interactions to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, banning public gatherings of more than two people.
In a televised address, Chancellor Angela Merkel said "our own behaviour" was the "most effective way" of slowing the rate of infection. The measures included closing hair, beauty and massage studios. Other non-essential shops had already been shut.
Shortly afterwards, Mrs Merkel's office said she would quarantine herself. A doctor who vaccinated her on Friday against pneumococcus, a pneumonia-causing bacteria, had tested positive for coronavirus. The chancellor, 65, will be tested regularly in the next few days and work from home, her spokesman said.
Germany, Europe's largest economy, has so far confirmed 18,610 cases and 55 deaths from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
What has Germany announced? People will not be allowed to form groups of three or more in public unless they live together in the same household, or the gathering is work-related. Police will monitor and punish anyone infringing the new rules. Restaurants will now only be allowed to open for takeaway service. All restrictions apply to every German state, and will be in place for at least the next two weeks.
"The great aim is to gain time in the fight against the virus," said Mrs Merkel, urging citizens to keep contact outside their own household to an absolute minimum and to ensure a distance of at least 1.5m (5ft) from another person when in public. (MORE)
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(MAR 22) https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-51994675
• The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus worldwide passed 300,000, with more than 13,000 deaths. At least 93,000 people have recovered
• Spain registered its worst figures yet after almost 400 people died in a single day. It brought the national total there to 1,720
• It's a similar picture elsewhere. Iran, which is one of the worst-affected countries, reported a spike in both cases and deaths. As did Germany, Greece, France, Italy and a host of Asian countries
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was self-quarantining after coming into contact with a doctor who has the virus. Her government also banned gatherings of more than two people
• Italy announced another 651 deaths in 24 hours, but the figure is less than the previous daily total
• Australia announced a nationwide shutdown of non-essential services. Pubs, clubs, gyms, cinemas and places of worship will all close
• More than a billion people in India were asked to observe a 14-hour long curfew to try to combat the pandemic
• And in the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said special steps must be taken to protect 1.5m vulnerable people. The number of cases in the country reached 5,683, with 281 deaths
• In the US, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned the outbreak would get worse, with damage accelerated by widespread shortages of key medical supplies. Across the country, there are now 31,057 confirmed cases and 390 deaths.
Nope: "Fascinating the mayor wants to be proactive in light of this virus, but refuses to be proactive to prevent gang violence. She can tell people to stay home and not gather in groups for the greater good, but won’t impose a gang injunction or clear out homeless camps for the same reason. How many people have died from gang violence, or living in the elements?"
[...] "Additionally - - studies have shown that gang injunctions are NOT effective at reducing gang violence, but other, more human approaches DO work..."
But OTOH... Pros and cons of gang injunctions: According to the study “Do Gang Injunctions Reduce Violent Crime? Four Tests in Merseyside, UK,” published in December 2017 in the "Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing", injunctions resulted in significant decreases in criminal gang activity. [...] The Cambridge study seems like valid proof that the injunctions are effective, at least in England. But that study didn’t consider the cost to personal rights.
IOW, what warrants confidence in a conflicting array of quasi-junk studies? Research in the human sciences (social, psychological, statistical, etc) is so entangled beforehand in personal perspectives, thought orientation preferences, and conforming to virtue-posturing trends on the part of the scientists, that it's frequently compromised by motivated setup conditions and motivated interpretation of data. Not to mention ordinary errors, fraud, the "publish or perish" and replication crisis problems, and funding sources ('buy science conclusions") such is plagued by.
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Coronavirus: Germany tightens curbs and bans meetings of more than two
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51999080
INTRO: Germany has expanded curbs on social interactions to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, banning public gatherings of more than two people.
In a televised address, Chancellor Angela Merkel said "our own behaviour" was the "most effective way" of slowing the rate of infection. The measures included closing hair, beauty and massage studios. Other non-essential shops had already been shut.
Shortly afterwards, Mrs Merkel's office said she would quarantine herself. A doctor who vaccinated her on Friday against pneumococcus, a pneumonia-causing bacteria, had tested positive for coronavirus. The chancellor, 65, will be tested regularly in the next few days and work from home, her spokesman said.
Germany, Europe's largest economy, has so far confirmed 18,610 cases and 55 deaths from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
What has Germany announced? People will not be allowed to form groups of three or more in public unless they live together in the same household, or the gathering is work-related. Police will monitor and punish anyone infringing the new rules. Restaurants will now only be allowed to open for takeaway service. All restrictions apply to every German state, and will be in place for at least the next two weeks.
"The great aim is to gain time in the fight against the virus," said Mrs Merkel, urging citizens to keep contact outside their own household to an absolute minimum and to ensure a distance of at least 1.5m (5ft) from another person when in public. (MORE)
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(MAR 22) https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-51994675
• The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus worldwide passed 300,000, with more than 13,000 deaths. At least 93,000 people have recovered
• Spain registered its worst figures yet after almost 400 people died in a single day. It brought the national total there to 1,720
• It's a similar picture elsewhere. Iran, which is one of the worst-affected countries, reported a spike in both cases and deaths. As did Germany, Greece, France, Italy and a host of Asian countries
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was self-quarantining after coming into contact with a doctor who has the virus. Her government also banned gatherings of more than two people
• Italy announced another 651 deaths in 24 hours, but the figure is less than the previous daily total
• Australia announced a nationwide shutdown of non-essential services. Pubs, clubs, gyms, cinemas and places of worship will all close
• More than a billion people in India were asked to observe a 14-hour long curfew to try to combat the pandemic
• And in the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said special steps must be taken to protect 1.5m vulnerable people. The number of cases in the country reached 5,683, with 281 deaths
• In the US, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned the outbreak would get worse, with damage accelerated by widespread shortages of key medical supplies. Across the country, there are now 31,057 confirmed cases and 390 deaths.