A Simple Decision Analysis of a Mandatory Lockdown Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jonathan Karnon

doi:10.1007/s40258-020-00581-w

A Simple Decision Analysis of a Mandatory Lockdown Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jonathan Karnon

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Abstract

On 29 March 2020, it was noted that globally, two camps are emerging in the policy debate around how governments should respond to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]. The ‘lockdowners’ argue for tighter restrictions, succinctly summarised by New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s instructions to “act like you have COVID-19” [2] or more formally defined as mandatory mass quarantine. The lockdowners’ argument is that reducing the duration of the crisis period will reduce the number of COVID-19 cases and decrease the period of disruption to the economy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-331
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-020-00581-w
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19
Pandemics
pandemic lockdowns
decision analysis

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