geopolitics and our societies. It is clear that these global impacts and risks are highly interdependent and are changing the current and future global risk landscape, a fact highlighted in the recently publishedWEF COVID-19 Risks
COVID-19public healthepidemiologygeneticsmental healthPurpose The Lifelines COVID-19 cohort was set up to assess the psychological and societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and investigate potential risk factors for COVID-19 within the Lifelines prospective population cohort. Participants Participants...
Imposing such strict policies, however, may be inevitable in the near future, especially if the risk of a second wave of COVID-19 increases. Finally, in addition to quantifying the health and economic impacts of intervention policies, our results allow federal and state authorities to avoid ...
Vaccination intentions generate racial disparities in the societal persistence of COVID-19 Yanchao Wang, Alina Ristea, Mehrnaz Amiri, Dan Dooley, Sage Gibbons, Hannah Grabowski, J. Lee Hargraves, Nikola Kovacevic, Anthony Roman, Russell K. Schutt, Jianxi Gao, Qi Wang & Daniel ...
This variation masks the timing of the government response after COVID cases appeared in a country. Some countries moved aggressively, for example, by the time the first 50 confirmed cases were identified the Stringency Index already stood at 90 or over in 20 countries. In contrast, the Index...
the greater the benefit or damage it can cause. Therefore, in pursuing more powerful AI, it is crucial to simultaneously focus on AI’s role in social responsibility and prepare for any potential imp...
How, if at all, has your research shifted given the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the trends you’ve noticed within your field? We were able to conduct a study in Tunisia on the resilience of the tidal channel ecosystem without fishing activity for...
Lloyd’s, the world’s leading specialist insurance and reinsurance market, today published a number of ways the insurance industry could fast-track global economic and societal recovery from the far-reaching impacts of COVID-19. These include three...
McKinsey senior partner Jimmy Sarakatsannis and colleagues examine how US schools can tackle learning delays, diminished mental health, and other challenges gripping students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest Author Talks, Siddarth Shrikanth talks about his new book, The Case fo...
Using the concept of hermeneutics and reflective understanding, the operation and impacts of social media with regard to the current societal trends are discussed in Part 2. Examples for manipulation are given in Part 3. Concepts of digital media ethics and responsibility are presented in Part 4,...