Inside Zambia's ‘new normal:’ COVID‐19 policy responses and implications for peri‐urban food security and livelihoods
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.3720
Abstract: Abstract This paper explores COVID‐19 policy responses and experiences of their impact on food systems and livelihoods, and other factors shaping vulnerability among peri‐urban small‐scale farmers in Zambia. We draw on household surveys and case… read more here.
Keywords: food; peri urban; policy responses; policy ... See more keywords
Forming COVID-19 Policy Under Uncertainty
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DOI: 10.1017/bca.2020.20
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents my thinking and concerns about formation of COVID-19 policy. Policy formation must cope with substantial uncertainties about the nature of the disease, the dynamics of transmission, and behavioral responses. Data uncertainties… read more here.
Keywords: policy uncertainty; policy; forming covid; covid policy ... See more keywords
Resident marine sportfishing effort in the United States varied non-monotonically with COVID policy stringency
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60960-4
Abstract: Governments responded to the Covid-19 pandemic with different policies to curtail the spread of the virus. We show how sportfishing levels are related to the stringency of Covid-19 policies. Specifically, we relate the total number… read more here.
Keywords: policy stringency; stringency; trips taken; covid policy ... See more keywords
The Search for Paxlovid: Medication Acquisition as Anticipation Work After China's Zero-COVID Policy
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DOI: 10.1145/3686965
Abstract: In early December 2022, China's zero-COVID policy came to an end. For Chinese citizens, an imaginary of safety predicated on collective action and state care was replaced with a general focus on individualized responsibility for… read more here.
Keywords: work; covid policy; policy; zero covid ... See more keywords
ADB COVID-19 Policy Database: A Guide
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DOI: 10.1162/adev_a_00147
Abstract: The ADB COVID-19 Policy Database displays the measures taken and monetary amounts announced or estimated by the 68 members of the Asian Development Bank, two institutions, and nine other economies (i.e., a total of 79… read more here.
Keywords: adb covid; database; covid policy; policy database ... See more keywords
Psychological cost of Hong Kong’s zero-COVID policy: three-wave repeated cross-sectional study of pandemic fatigue, pandemic fear and emotional well-being from peak pandemic to living-with-COVID policy shift
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DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2025.18
Abstract: Background Hong Kong’s 3-year dynamic zero-COVID policy has caused prolonged exposure to stringent, pervasive anti-epidemic measures, which poses additional stressors on emotional well-being through pandemic fatigue, beyond the incumbent fear of the pandemic. Aims To… read more here.
Keywords: emotional well; covid; pandemic fear; covid policy ... See more keywords
Flattening Epidemic Curves and COVID-19: Policy Rationales, Inequality, and Racism
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DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2022.0095
Abstract: Abstract:This commentary first provides lists of rationales for and against intervening to flatten an epidemic curve instead of letting the natural spike occur. The context is the U.S. COVID-19 experience, but the analyses apply to… read more here.
Keywords: racism; curves covid; flattening epidemic; inequality ... See more keywords
The shift of percent excess mortality from zero-COVID policy to living-with-COVID policy in Singapore, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong SAR
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1085451
Abstract: Introduction With the economic recession and pandemic fatigue, milder viral variants and higher vaccine coverage along the time lay the basis for lifting anti-COVID policies to restore COVID-19 normalcy. However, when and how to adjust… read more here.
Keywords: excess mortality; mortality; policy; covid policy ... See more keywords
The emergence of COVID-19 over-concern immediately after the cancelation of the measures adopted by the dynamic zero-COVID policy in China
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1319906
Abstract: Background This study aimed to report the prevalence of COVID-19 over-concern and its associated factors after the relaxation of the health-protective measures in China. Methods A team of seven experts in psychiatry and psychology specializing… read more here.
Keywords: zero covid; covid policy; covid concern; covid ... See more keywords
COVID-19 Policy Response Analysis: A Canadian Perspective
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21060787
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the challenges that go into effective policymaking. Facing a public health crisis of epic proportion, government bodies across the world sought to manage the spread of infectious disease and healthcare-system overwhelm… read more here.
Keywords: response analysis; covid; policy response; covid policy ... See more keywords