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Pandemic Analysis II: Governmental Actions During the Pandemic—Lockdown or No Lockdown?

In: The Economics of Pandemics

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  • S. Niggol Seo

    (Muaebak Institute of Global Warming Studies)

Abstract

This chapter explains a series of governmental decisions that are critical in the fight against a pandemic with an analysis of the US governmental decisions during the COVID-19. They are (1) declaring a public health emergency; (2) suspending travels from the origin of the pandemic; (3) social public health measures such as physical distancing and a universal mask mandate; (4) a national lockdown or no lockdown; (5) an economic relief program; (6) an emergency production order of medical devices; (7) an emergency authorization of effective treatment options; and (8) a vaccine development program. The big fault line in governmental decisions during the pandemic is protecting civil liberty versus stopping the virus spread. The experiences in 2020 and 2021 reveal that heavy-handed governmental restrictions did not yield a better health outcome, let alone a better economic outcome.

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  • S. Niggol Seo, 2022. "Pandemic Analysis II: Governmental Actions During the Pandemic—Lockdown or No Lockdown?," Springer Books, in: The Economics of Pandemics, chapter 0, pages 115-153, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-91021-1_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91021-1_4
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