Countries have implemented multiple control strategies for reducing the spread of COVID-19, such as closing schools and businesses to enforce social distancing.

Struggle pertaining to controlling the virus:
The epidemiology of the respiratory virus changes rapidly. Reponses have to be nimble. Given that everyone is susceptible to for which we lack effective biologic interventions, the response has required large-scale behavior change, including social distancing and public masking.

Control Strategies for COVID-19

- Current lack of understanding of the prevalence and efficacy of antibodies in individuals exposed to both milder and more acute COVID
- If there is immunity from antibodies, the duration of immunity is unknown
- Subsequent inability to determine how much current herd immunity is in a population or is required to safely reopen economies 
- Present medical and public policy nuances and challenges associated with safe and effective development and distribution of a vaccine to populations

Key Public Health Considerations for COVID-19 Related Policy

- Germany
- Italy
- Russia
- South Korea
- Vietnam

COVID-19 Related Policies by Countries

- Social distancing
- Stay at home orders
- Maximum persons to group gatherings
- Mass testing
- Disinfectant protocols
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- International/national travel restrictions


List of social (and prevention) policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic

- Global Economic Policies (High-Income Countries, NATO, EU)

- Global Economic Policies (Lower- and Middle-Income Countries)

- U.S. Economic Policies


Economic Policies in Response to COVID-19

- Nursing Students Working Before Graduation Policy 
- Telemedicine Policies Changes Due to COVID-19
- Covax: An International Vaccine Effort

Medical Policies in Response to COVID-19

Paul Cairney & Adam Wellstead (2021) COVID-19: effective policymaking depends on trust in experts, politicians, and the public, Policy Design and Practice, 4:1, 1-14, DOI: 10.1080/25741292.2020.1837466

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/25741292.2020.1837466?needAccess=true

COVID-19: effective policymaking depends on trust in experts, politicians, and the public

- Economic Policies
- Education Policies
- Medical policies
- Policies by Countries
- Public Health Policies
- Social (and prevention) policies


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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lot of implications on policy decisions and the political spheres in many countries and regions 

Politics, Policy and the COVID-19 pandemic

How has the impact of COVID-19 altered rational, evidence-based policymaking? 

Policymaking Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

Types of COVID-19 related policies

- Centre for Economic Policy Research
- Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench
- Health Affairs
- JAMA Network
- London School Economics
- Oxford Scholarship
- Political Behavior
- Social Science Research Network
- The International Scholar
- The Lancet
- Sage Journals
- Nature 
- Telematics and Informatics
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Global Pediatric Health
- Political Behavior Journal
- The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics

References for Politics, Policy and the COVID-19 pandemic by journal

- Good Leadership Traits to Contain COVID-19 (with examples) 
- Assessing Government Responses to COVID-19 with the Government Response Stringency Index
- Covid-19 Potential Impact on Populist Trends
- Covid-19 Impact on International Civil Rights and Liberties
- Voting during COVID-19 (Electoral Cycle)
- Political Science Terminology
- Covid-19 Impact on International Civil Rights and Liberties
-COVID-19 affecting the Stock Market
- Politics surrounding Vaccines/vaccination

Politics and Government in relation to COVID-19

- GOV.UK
- GOV.SG
- Korean Center for Disease Control 
-  Korean Law Translation Center
- National Institute of Health
- United States Center for Disease Control
- U.S. Embassy and Consulate in the Republic of Korea
- World Health Organization
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- United Nations

References for Politics, Policy, and COVID-19 pandemic by Government Document

- ABC News
- Forbes
- Health Affairs
- Journal of the AAOS
- Journal of Risk Research
- Kaiser Health News
- Institut Montaigne
- La Repubblica
- New York Times
- Our World in Data
- Pew Research Center
- Reuters
- The Korea Herald
- Yonhap News Agency
- Encyclopedia Britannica 
- Wall Street Journal
- VoxEU
- Center for Economic Policy Research
- Gallup
- Stat News


References for Politics, Policy and the COVID-19 pandemic by Organization

https://www.csusb.edu/sites/default/files/FACT%20SHEET-%20Anti-Asian%20Hate%202020%20rev%203.21.21.pdf

CSUSB

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/20/politics/biden-anti-asian-hate-crimes-covid-19-signing/index.html

Biden Signs Anti-Asian Hate Bill 5/2021

President Biden in late May 2021 signed into law titled "COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act" bill that allocates more government resources into protect Asian-Americans. A new position was created in the Justice Department specifically for this topic. It also directs the Justice Department and Health and Human Services to work with community-based organizations to issue guidance raising awareness of hate crimes during the pandemic. This would require the attorney general to issue guidance to work with state and local law enforcement agencies to establish online reporting of them.

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