To assess face mask policy stringency, we used data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), which consists of systematically collected data on a broad range of COVID-19-related government responses across countries on a day-to-day basis [59]. To assess face mask regula...
The stalked jellyfish (Staurozoa) is an extraordinary clade within medusozoan cnidarians in which the medusa is attached to the substrate unlike the pelagic jellyfishes which compose the rest of the medusozoans. Along with this remarkable feature, staurozoans are characterized by an extremely low...
The exogenous shock of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus had its source outside the economy. Such unforeseen, unexpected events leading to severe consequences on multiple markets are referred to in the literature as “black swans” [2] (p. 10), [3] (p. 1). The ...