Do Pandemics Change Healthcare? Evidence from the Great Influenza

Abstract

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The Political Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Weimar Germany

“…Different from Germany, U.S. voters were well aware of the pandemic and local politicians successfully curbed its spread using non-pharmaceutical interventions (Bootsma and Ferguson, 2007;Correia et al, 2022). 11 Esteves et al (2022) show that higher influenza mortality 8 Gutiérrez et al (2022) relate higher incidence of the H1N1 virus during the 2009 epidemic in Mexico to voting for the incumbent PAN party, finding small but persistent negative effects. Mansour and Reeves (forthcoming) show that higher HIV/AIDS mortality in the U.S. is associated with an increased vote share for the Democrats starting from the 1994 election.…”

The Political Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Weimar Germany

“…Different from Germany, U.S. voters were well aware of the pandemic and local politicians successfully curbed its spread using non-pharmaceutical interventions (Bootsma and Ferguson, 2007;Correia et al, 2022). 11 Esteves et al (2022) show that higher influenza mortality 8 Gutiérrez et al (2022) relate higher incidence of the H1N1 virus during the 2009 epidemic in Mexico to voting for the incumbent PAN party, finding small but persistent negative effects. Mansour and Reeves (forthcoming) show that higher HIV/AIDS mortality in the U.S. is associated with an increased vote share for the Democrats starting from the 1994 election.…”