Steve White @stephenrwhite86@qoto.org
@Sphinx Good to hear. I only just got back to work as well as of last week. Limited hours, but it's better than nothing.
@freemo Hahaha. I never thought of that. 😆
@Sphinx I've only heard some of his music, but yeah, it's not bad. 😊
@Sphinx Hi! There are a whole lot of things a sound engineer can do. Recording, mixing and mastering music. Recording and mixing sound for film. Producing for radio and podcasts. Live music. Designing systems. I've done a little bit of all of these but the events industry is my particular bread and butter! This includes gala dinners, awards nights, large scale corporate parties, weddings, conferences, etc. I enjoy it very much 😁
@freemo Lockdowns are basically useless when used in a blanketed approach. I believe a well planned lockdown when combined with other specifically targeted restrictions, it can be effective. This paper submitted to the WHO in 2014 looks at travel restrictions to limit the spread of influenza. Yes, it's about the flu and travel restrictions, rather than a coronavirus and lockdowns, but it still somewhat applies in my opinion.
https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/12/14-135590/en/
The collection of models and studies suggest travel restrictions in general have little to no effect. But the models based on more specific measures seem to be more effective.
In Western Australia, we took a multifaceted approach. We currently have a "hard border" in place, but people can still get in from interstate and international travel via exceptions. Those coming just need to go through a process. That combined with a number of other specific measures and strategies has meant we have done really well and our economy is already bouncing back. We haven't had community transition in ages and all of our cases are those coming in and going through the process. Our version of a "lockdown" was a lockdown of our state regions, rather than a blanketed, hard lockdown. We were only encouraged to limit our movements to what is essential, but there was no law put in place for movement within our state regions.
I think states shouldn't go for a hard lockdown (Victoria, Australia is a "good bad" example. They're experiencing a devastating second wave at the moment.) Depending on population density, points of ingress and egress, among other factors, each state should take specifically planned approaches, unique to that state. So in my own roundabout way, I essentially agree with you. I just add that a better definition of what a lockdown means, depending on how that applies to each state, is the more effective alternative.
Hi everyone! I'm a sound engineer with an interest in all things science and tech. I'm looking forward to seeing interesting discussions in this space.
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