10-01-2020, 07:55 AM
(10-01-2020, 07:45 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(10-01-2020, 07:33 AM)jgsz Wrote: Can we agree to use a different word than “lockdowns?” Lockdowns have such negative connotations that it’s not surprising so many people rebel at the thought of being in a lockdown. It sounds like prison to many.
I am sympathetic to the idea that language matters, do you have a suggestion? I think there is also a need for communicating the situation, both specific actions, and their seriousness clearly.
No suggestion, unfortunately. But there must be a word that captures the seriousness and gravity of the situation.