The Evidence and Tradeoffs for a 'Stay-at-Home' Pandemic Response: A Multidisciplinary Review Examining the Medical, Psychological, Economic and Political Impact of 'Stay-at-Home' Implementation in America

The public’s role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States

“…Responses to the virus, including closing venues where person-to-person spread was likely, and requiring the use of masks and physical distancing measures when social contact could not be avoided, have reduced virus spread. At the same time, these protective actions have radically transformed social life and disrupted national and household economies [2] . As the health crisis continues to linger and a sense of pandemic fatigue starts to take hold, political leaders, health officials, and the general public are seeking solutions [3] .…”

A cross‐sectional analysis of factors associated with stress, burnout and turnover intention among healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States

“…The Trump administration's slow and fragmented public health response to the pandemic (Flaskerud, 2021), the bitter 2020 election cycle (Baum‐Baicker, 2020), ongoing anti‐Black police violence (DeVylder et al., 2020; Sewell et al., 2021) and the country's racial reckoning at a national scale were significant sources of stress, particularly for People of Colour (Alang, 2020; DeVylder et al., 2020). At the same time, the lack of information, the spread of misinformation and inconsistent communications about the severity of the pandemic from the United States administration spurred discrimination, stigmatisation and scapegoating of healthcare workers (Doyle et al., 2020). The pandemic further exposed deeply rooted health disparities, systemic racism and historical trauma affecting communities of colour (Miu & Moore, 2021; Njoku et al., 2021), which translated into higher rates of COVID‐19, outcome severity and morbidity rates for Communities of Colour compared to White Americans (Lopez & Neely, 2021; Shim & Starks, 2021).…”

The COVID-19 vaccination experience in Bangladesh: Findings from a cross-sectional study

“…3,4 These defensive actions have drastically changed our social life and disturbed national and household economies in many countries. 5 Therefore, the COVID-19 has become a leading cause of death in the USA due to its failure to take adequate steps to prevent viral transmission. 6 Despite current mitigation efforts, the severity of the pandemic and its increasing morbidity and mortality underlines the need for mass immunization.…”