ABSTRACT
Policymaking during a pandemic can be extremely challenging. As COVID-19 is a new disease and its global impacts are unprecedented, decisions are taken in a highly uncertain, complex, and rapidly changing environment. In such a context, in which human lives and the economy are at stake, we argue that using ideas and constructs from modern decision theory, even informally, will make policymaking a more responsible and transparent process.
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COVID-19 , Policy Making , COVID-19/prevention & control , Health Policy , Humans , Models, Theoretical , Pandemics , Quarantine/methods , Schools , UncertaintyABSTRACT
From the Document: Policymaking during a pandemic can be extremely challenging. As COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] is a new disease and its global impacts are unprecedented, decisions need to be made in a highly uncertain, complex and rapidly changing environment. In such a context, in which human lives and the economy are at stake, we argue that using ideas and constructs from modern decision theory, even informally, will make policymaking more a responsible and transparent process.COVID-19 (Disease);Policy sciences;Crisis management in government