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Sequencing COVID19 Mitigation Measures and Implementation Mechanisms

Institution

University of Amsterdam (UVA) in collaboration with Duke Kunshan University

Country

USA, UK, Sweden, The Netherlands, China

Type of Study

Social science study

Methodology

Media content analysis

Key Focus of Study

In response to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, governments and organizations across the globe have taken advisory and binding measures to reduce and contain the spread of the virus. These measures seek to change existing human behavior and improve hygiene, social distancing, and human isolation to ensure that the virus has less opportunity to pass from one person to another. To ensure that these measures are effective, authorities have also adopted implementation mechanisms, including enforcement, shut-down orders, and forms of public messaging. The present research seeks to understand what factors have influenced the adoption of COVID19 mitigation measures and implementation mechanisms? It particularly focuses on the role political, scientific, and audience framing played in such adoption. It assesses how these these frames interacted with each other, as well as with the impact of the pandemic on health, and the impact of the measures on society and people’s behavioural responses to the measures to shape the adaptation of further measures and implementation mechanisms. The research provides a vital understanding about why some societies are slower or faster to adopt different types of measures, which is ultimately crucial for learning about future preparedness to major health crises.

Key Stakeholders

Public, political and scientific actors

Status

Ongoing

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