Coronavirus politics: The comparative politics and policy of COVID‐19

ABSTRACT

This 654-page tome might be the most comprehensive look to date at how various governments - nearly 40 in all - have sought to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic during its first 10 months, from December 2019 to September 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with an immense growth in scientific literature, with more than 700,000 scientists publishing well over 300,000 items related to COVID-19 by the summer of 2021. Time and time again, from place to place, the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that extensive public health expertise from an advisory agency meant relatively little if such counsel was discounted by politicians and public health agencies lacking their own decision-making powers. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of World Medical & Health Policy is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)