and it would drop from there; it would never peak on Day 1. In the graph above, we plot 8 months of the COVID19 vaccine reports compared to all death reports from all influenza vaccines for the past 10 years combined. So the
COVID-19 Large-scale collective action Trust Social dilemma Government intervention Collective action capital 1. Introduction COVID-19 spreads rapidly throughhuman interaction, and societies all over the world are trying to limit the spread to avoid catastrophic consequences. A striking feature widely di...
The government is expected to adjust the length ofCovid-19 benefitsin accordance with the recovering Canadian economy and another extension may be possible. In recognition of this, the Board approved a Premium Credit equal to two weeks of premium in June 2020.The Board also approved a number ...
We conducted a series of sub-analyses to investigate the factors promoting or disrupting health services. First, we investigated whether the stringency of government responses and the cumulative incidence of COVID-19 cases were respectively correlated with the magnitude of disruptions in each country (...
Lessons from these decisions could inform future policy. Future a priori rollout plans should, of course, consider disease-specific risks and benefits in all population subgroups, but also consider outcomes that are most important for the population (e.g., death or infection) and whether there ca...
(UK Government,2017). Mental well-being is considered to not just reflect the absence of a mental health condition, but also to encompass positive psychological experience (Agteren & Iasiello,2020). Initial evidence has found a significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child mental health...
We quantitatively estimated the relative benefits of COVID-19 vaccines, in terms of preventing infection and death, with a particular focus on effectiveness in elderly people. Design We applied compartmental mathematical modelling to determine the relative effects of vaccines that block infection and onw...
The bill, aimed at cushioning the economy from COVID-19 ravages, will provide small businesses emergency loans, business tax breaks, expanded unemployment benefits, 1,000-dollar-plus direct payments for working Americans, government aid for such industries as airlines and hotels, as well as more ...
The mortality benefits of abiding by behavioral restrictions are estimated to be worth around $60000 per US household (Greenstone & Nigam,2020). Improving compliance with such restrictions could, thus, have large social payoffs. We do not yet know, however, the determinants of individual compliance...
COVID has reduced to tatters the illusion of American exceptionalism. At the height of the crisis, with more than 2,000 dying each day, Americans found themselves members of a failed state, ruled by a dysfunctional and incompetent government largely responsible for death rates that added a tragi...