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With several weeks of lockdown now under many people’s belts in different countries, social scientists are beginning to produce some fascinating findings based on surveys of the very people experiencing this strange situation – the general public. A team at King’s College London has identified three different types of lockdown personality – the accepting, the suffering and the resisting. Faced with the same rules and information, some of us lose sleep and experience anxiety, while others seem more able to take it in their stride. A smaller group, however, will aim to carry on with their lives regardless. The researchers have dug into how these groups intersect with age, gender and political leaning and shed light on what’s happening under the surface. And in today’s episode of The Conversation Africa’s podcast Pasha, Kevin Behrens and Christopher Wareham take us through the ethics of making tough decisions when there aren’t enough resources to go around.