The Political Economy of Responses to COVID-19 in the U.S.A.

Cui, Zhihan; Heal, Geoffrey; Kunreuther, Howard; Liu, Lu

doi:10.3386/w28578

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of state policies on population health has increased. With few to no COVID-19 related mandates at the federal level ( Cui et al 2021 ), the federal government defaulted to delegating COVID-19 policy decisions to the states. Some state governors (e.g., governors in Georgia and Texas) prevented counties from implementing social distancing or masking requirements in schools and other public places, which further exacerbated the impacts of state governments’ responses.…”

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Political Economy of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How State Policies Shape County-Level Disparities in COVID-19 Deaths

Sun

Bisesti

2023

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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The authors examine how two state-level coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) policy indices (one capturing economic support and one capturing stringency measures such as stay-at-home orders) were associated with county-level COVID-19 mortality from April through December 2020 and whether the policies were more beneficial for certain counties. Using multilevel negative binominal regression models, the authors found that high scores on both policy indices were associated with lower county-level COVID-19 mortality. However, the policies appeared to be most beneficial for counties with fewer physicians and larger shares of older adults, low-educated residents, and Trump voters. They appeared to be less effective in counties with larger shares of non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic residents. These findings underscore the importance of examining how state and local factors jointly shape COVID-19 mortality and indicate that the unequal benefits of pandemic policies may have contributed to county-level disparities in COVID-19 mortality.

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Political Economy of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How State Policies Shape County-Level Disparities in COVID-19 Deaths

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Bisesti

2023

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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“…Scholarly and reflective pieces on the pandemic have shown that across countries, the pace and shape of the MIs and NPIs, depend on the robustness of governance and broader political-economic factors (Bergquist, Otten, and Sarich, 2020;Atkinson et al, 2020;Salvatore et al, 2020). For instance, in the United States, the choice to mandate NPIs has been a political one: Most Democratic governors implemented NPIs while Republicans were reluctant to do so (Cui et al, 2021). Likewise, research on the ongoing pandemic indicates how the difficulties of persuading government ministers to make decisions, and the ambiguities and lags in communications between policy makers and health care professionals have shaped the COVID-19 policies (Atkinson et al, 2020).…”

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Covid-19 in South Asia: Health, Economics and Politics

Basu¹,

Srivastava²

2021

Investigación Económica

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This paper tracks the progression of, and the government's response to, the COVID-19 pandemic in four South Asian countries -Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka-between February 2020 and May 2021. We look at the daily reported COVID-19 cases and deaths per million population. The data shows clear patterns of two or more waves of the pandemic in South Asia. We consider COVID-19 testing, vaccination coverage, non-pharmaceutical interventions and the COVID-19 economic stimulus. Sri Lanka performs the best, Bangladesh has low reported cases and deaths, but that is perhaps because of low testing; Pakistan has the lowest vaccination coverage; India has been hit worst by the second wave and is doing mediocre in terms of testing and vaccination. In terms of the impact of the pandemic on lives lost, Sri Lanka is the best and India the worst performer.

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“… 11 One regularly observed factor is that pandemic response actions in the United States have become highly politicized, including restrictions on businesses and public gatherings, face mask recommendations and requirements, and vaccination campaigns and mandates. 12 - 14 As a result, state and local policy officials have chosen widely divergent policy responses based in part on geographic differences in political affiliations and public opinion. 14 , 15 A second but less visible complicating factor derives from the capabilities of state and local public health systems.…”

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“… 12 - 14 As a result, state and local policy officials have chosen widely divergent policy responses based in part on geographic differences in political affiliations and public opinion. 14 , 15 A second but less visible complicating factor derives from the capabilities of state and local public health systems. These systems comprise governmental public health agencies and the community organizations they partner with to implement disease prevention and control activities within their jurisdictions.…”

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Local Public Health System Capabilities and COVID-19 Death Rates

Brosi

Mays

2022

Public Health Rep

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Objectives: Efforts to contain the health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have achieved less success in the United States than in many comparable countries. Previous research documented wide variability in the capabilities of local public health systems to carry out core disease prevention and control activities, but it is unclear how this variability relates to COVID-19 control. Our study explored this relationship by using a nationally representative sample of 725 US communities. Methods: We used data collected from the National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems to classify each community into 1 of 3 ordinal categories indicating limited, intermediate, or comprehensive public health system capabilities. We used 2-part generalized linear models to estimate the relationship between public health system capabilities and COVID-19 death rates while controlling population and community characteristics associated with COVID-19 risk. Results: Across 3 waves of the pandemic in 2020, we found a significant negative association between COVID-19 mortality and public health system capabilities. Compared with comprehensive public health systems, intermediate public health systems had an average of 4.97 to 19.02 more COVID-19 deaths per 100 000 residents, while limited public health systems had an average of 5.95 to 18.10 more COVID-19 deaths per 100 000 residents. Conclusion: Overall, communities with stronger public health capabilities had significantly fewer deaths. Future initiatives to strengthen pandemic preparedness and reduce health disparities in the United States should focus on local public health system capabilities.

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The Political Economy of Responses to COVID-19 in the U.S.A.

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Political Economy of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How State Policies Shape County-Level Disparities in COVID-19 Deaths

Political Economy of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How State Policies Shape County-Level Disparities in COVID-19 Deaths

Covid-19 in South Asia: Health, Economics and Politics

Local Public Health System Capabilities and COVID-19 Death Rates

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