The importance of initial response during outbreaks: A perspective from observations on COVID-19

Safe but Lonely? Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression Symptoms and COVID-19

“…Given the importance of the initial response to the outbreak (Yeo and Ganem, 2020), our aim was to investigate the impact of early restrictions on appraisals and situational response during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in Poland. Longitudinal research on the current situation is still scarce, yet crucial to disentangle the temporal dynamics of the psychological response (Groarke et al, 2020).…”

A Computational Model for Estimating the Progression of COVID-19 Cases in the US West and East Coast Population Regions

“…In addition, our test-and-isolate scenario is also quite optimistic as we assumed that hospitalized individuals can be fully isolated regardless of medical capacity despite a potential surge in COVID-19 patients. While some countries have been able to successfully contain COVID-19 by relying on efficient tests and isolation, it remains uncertain whether the US is able to similarly do so in light of constrains to testing, healthcare supplies, and capacities (Yeo & Ganem, 2020). Nevertheless, the few scenarios presented and discussed in this paper strongly suggest that even with current containment and mitigation efforts, COVID-19 outbreak will significantly impact the health of the US population in the East and West Coast.…”

“…3A, 3B). As the US faced mishaps in the allocation of testing kits during the initial handling of COVID-19 (Yeo & Ganem, 2020), the original peak is likely inevitable. Testing more people from this point onwards (i.e.…”

“…Additional ways to mitigate the mortality of COVID-19 include improving accessibility to healthcare and boosting quantities of essential supplies such as masks, respirators, and ventilators. However, the sudden onset of COVID-19 and the overall unpreparedness of the United States make these data inaccessible (Yeo & Ganem, 2020). It should also be noted that while the currently global mortality of COVID-19 is 3.8%, it is noticeably different across nations (Kaggle, 2020;Lazzerini et al, 2020).…”

“…For instance, social distancing is being enforced via the closure of educational institutions, restrictions on travel, and suspension of events. Unfortunately, containment has been hindered by various factors such as the initial production of defective test kits and a current lack of test kits and medical supplies (Yeo & Ganem, 2020). As a result, it is currently unclear how well the US will cope with COVID-19 over the next few months, especially in view of the lack of adequate projections of the scale of COVID-19 infections and mortality across the country at the time of completing this study (March 19, 2020).…”