Abstract
The issue of the COVID-19 pandemic occupies the agenda of the whole world. The pivot of this pandemic is a crucial element that has become almost as important as the virus itself, namely the lockdown. Although, the rationale for lockdown is well-sustained by strong epidemiological arguments, exploring the ‘other’ unwanted consequences of the contemporary COVID-19 pandemic is mandatory for coagulating a robust agreed position against the numerous problems generated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Starting from the rationale of the lockdown, in this paper we explored and exposed the other consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic measures such as the use or abuse of human rights and freedom restrictions, economic issues, marginalized groups and eclipse of all other diseases. Our scientific attempt is to coagulate a stable position and integrate current opposing views by advancing the idea that rather than applying the uniform lockdown policy, one could recommend instead an improved model targeting more strict and more prolonged lockdowns to vulnerable risk/age groups while enabling less stringent measures for the lower-risk groups, minimizing both economic losses and deaths. Rigorous (and also governed by freedom) debating may be able to synchronize the opposed perspectives between those advocating an extreme lockdown (e.g., most of the epidemiologists and health experts), and those criticizing all restrictive measures (e.g., economists and human rights experts). Confronting the multiple facets of the public health mitigation measures is the only way to avoid contributing to history with yet another failure, as seen in other past epidemics.
Highlights
The issue of the COVID-19 pandemic occupies the agenda of the whole world
In the late 1980s, while confronting with the HIV epidemics, Cuban authorities decided mass testing of all adult population and quarantined seropositive persons along with their close relatives in colonies with some civil rights restricted. Even though these harsh methods supposable prevented 4000 new infections, they did not influence the long term the prevalence of AIDS, the economic burden on the country's budget increased with almost 5%, and a significant number of individuals were wrongfully quarantined due to false-positive results (Pérez-Stable, 1991)
During the pandemic and the following period, the preservation of human rights must prevail in epidemiological methods
Summary
The issue of the COVID-19 pandemic occupies the agenda of the whole world. Whether 'front-line' physicians are involved, whether other healthcare professionals are collaterally concerned, whether politicians or economists are implicated, or the criticisms of 'denialists' are heard, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has in one form, or another encompassed everyone's speech and concerns.The turntable, the pivot of this pandemic, is a crucial element that has become almost as important as the virus itself, namely the lockdown. 3. Lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic: worldwide restrictions of human rights and freedoms?
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