Pandemic Playbook Posts

As many parts of the world are in stages of reopening, there are varying attitudes concerning individual and societal risk. The issue of...

As much relating to the coronavirus is still unknown, there has been changing information as related to safety guidelines, modes of...

Following the growth of the pandemic is absolutely essential for those charged with the task of planning for the future of their...

It is not just COVID19, but respiratory infections like tuberculosis have long been the leading cause of illness, morbidity, and...

COVID-19 pandemic has put such demands on the modern healthcare system that it has never had to deal with. This experience is likely to...

Delinquency is one of the financial services sectors that COVID-19 is bound to have a direct and immediate impact on. Large scale income...

How do households in a crisis, marked with price volatility, employment uncertainty, and complex information alter their savings,...

Monitoring and Self-quarantining A huge challenge from the beginning of the pandemic has been monitoring and self-quarantining. If a...

Testing and contact tracing are the tip of the spear in the fight against COVID-19. While other strategies to check the spread, such as...

In the current public health crisis amidst Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people have died all over the world leaving behind...

Stigmatization hinders health-seeking behavior, foments fear in patients suffering from the condition, causes prejudices against certain...

As the COVID-19 pandemic is approaching or has surpassed it's peak intensity in a number of countries, governments are rushing to chart...

Rapidly changing behaviors while exiting lockdown Repetition of tasks over decades reduced our risk perception towards many daily...

Tight small spaces with tin roofs, multiple family members including senior citizens housed in a cramped 200 sq ft space, narrow lanes,...

Physical Distancing has become a key requirement to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. But it has been challenging for many societies...

Lockdown and Distancing Importance of physical distancing in a pandemic cannot be stressed enough, yet the act itself is very much...

During lockdowns and shelter in place orders, not everyone is afforded the opportunity to work from home. Unfortunately the majority of...

Social or physical distancing has become a catch-all phrase for a wide range of measures undertaken across the world to slow the spread...

Risk Compensation Once the challenge of adherence to mask wearing is addressed, the next challenge is its implications on other...

Experts and policy makers initially advised against mask usage to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, but many came around to it...