Covid-19 lockdown cost/benefits: A critical assessment of the literature

DW Allen - International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
An examination of over 100 Covid-19 studies reveals that many relied on false assumptions
that over-estimated the benefits and under-estimated the costs of lockdown. The most recent …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: rethinking the lockdown groupthink

AR Joffe - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide pandemic in 2020. In response, most …

Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response

M Douglas, SV Katikireddi, M Taulbut, M McKee… - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Countries worldwide have implemented strict controls on movement in response to the covid-
19 pandemic. The aim is to cut transmission by reducing close contact (box 1), but the …

Assessing mandatory stay‐at‐home and business closure effects on the spread of COVID‐19

E Bendavid, C Oh, J Bhattacharya… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims The most restrictive nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
for controlling the spread of COVID‐19 are mandatory stay‐at‐home and business closures …

Global perspective of COVID‐19 epidemiology for a full‐cycle pandemic

JPA Ioannidis - European journal of clinical investigation, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As of October 2020, there are> 1 million documented deaths with COVID‐19. Excess deaths
can be caused by both COVID‐19 and the measures taken. COVID‐19 shows extremely …

COVID-19, activity and mobility patterns in Bogotá. Are we ready for a '15-minute city'?

LA Guzman, J Arellana, D Oviedo… - Travel Behaviour and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Social distancing and economic lockdown measures implemented in Global North countries
have been mimicked in the Global South to contain the spread of COVID-19. However, the …

Mental health outcomes in times of economic recession: a systematic literature review

D Frasquilho, MG Matos, F Salonna, D Guerreiro… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Countries in recession experience high unemployment rates and a decline in
living conditions, which, it has been suggested, negatively influences their populations' …

Incorporating intersectionality into psychology: An opportunity to promote social justice and equity.

L Rosenthal - American Psychologist, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Intersectionality is receiving increasing attention in many fields, including psychology. This
theory or framework has its roots in the work of Black feminist scholar-activists, and it focuses …

[HTML][HTML] Improved strategies to counter the COVID-19 pandemic: Lockdowns vs. primary and community healthcare

K Farsalinos, K Poulas, D Kouretas, A Vantarakis… - Toxicology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 pandemic mitigation strategies are mainly based on social distancing measures
and healthcare system reinforcement. However, many countries in Europe and elsewhere …

Substance use disorders and COVID-19: multi-faceted problems which require multi-pronged solutions

WB Jemberie, J Stewart Williams, M Eriksson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 shocked health and economic systems leaving millions of people without
employment and safety nets. The pandemic disproportionately affects people with substance …