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COVID-19 Policy Must Take All Impacts into Account
Human health is obviously crucial, but epidemiological models should not ignore economic and ethical considerations.
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Public Policy Panic About the COVID-19 Pandemic Not Supported by the Facts
Social isolation measures only for those at highest risk and aggressive contact tracing are more effective and less expensive than sending everyone home and shutting down the economy, Hay and Gong write.
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Americans Disagree on How Risky the Coronavirus Is, But Most Are Changing Their Behavior Anyway
Researchers tried to untangle the complicated connection between feelings of vulnerability and behavior change in response to the coronavirus.
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Misleading Marketing of Short-Term Health Plans Amid COVID-19
Schaeffer Initiative researchers investigate marketing claims made by ACA non-compliant health insurers about coverage amid the pandemic.
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Regulating Out-Of-Network Hospital Emergency Prices: Problem And Potential Benchmarks
Melnick focuses on the need and options to regulate hospital out-of-network emergency prices. Using data from California, he analyzes potential benchmarks for setting these prices.
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The Economic Rationale for Strong Action Now Against COVID-19
Economists use the “value of a statistical life” to think about trade-offs between personal risk and money. It says we need to act on COVID-19 now.
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USC Study Finds Increasing Actions and Risk Perceptions for Coronavirus
People across the U.S. are changing their behaviors and practicing social distancing while their perceptions about getting sick, dying and quarantined are increasing.
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COVID-19 – How Bad Can It Get?
McFadden offers a short analysis of a worst-case scenario for the COVID-19 epidemic. Under a worst-case scenario, he says to expect 4.4 million deaths in the U.S. age 60+ population this year, and a peak demand for more than 1.8 million hospital beds.
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It’s Dangerous to Test Only the Sick
Random sampling is essential to learn about #COVID19 virus spread and deadliness, Sood argues. He says proper statistical testing can give us answers.
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Health Care Priorities For A COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
Recommendations To The Administration, Congress, And Other Federal, State And Local Leaders From Public Health, Medical, Policy And Legal Experts.
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