A Flexible Lockdown by Integrating Public Health and Economic Reactivation to Response the Crisis of COVID-19: Responses to Comments by Alvaro J Idrovo on “An Examination on the Transmission of COVID-19 and the Effect of Response Strategies: A Comparative Analysis”

Yi-Tui Chen, Yung-Feng Yen, Shih-Heng Yu and Emily Chia-Yu Su
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Yi-Tui Chen: Department of Health Care Management, College of Health Technology, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei 10845, Taiwan
Yung-Feng Yen: Department of Health Care Management, College of Health Technology, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei 10845, Taiwan
Shih-Heng Yu: Department of Business Management, National United University, Miaoli 36003, Taiwan
Emily Chia-Yu Su: Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-4

Abstract: We greatly appreciate Idrovo’s comments on our research and wish to specifically respond to his comments. Idrovo indicates that rapid increases in the number of confirmed cases in the past few weeks were observed in Latin America, where some countries had implemented stringent lockdowns for more than three months since the second half of March 2020. In his comments, Idrovo expresses his suspicion on the reality of lockdowns implemented in Latin America and worries about the negative impacts of lockdowns on economies. We thank the Editor for providing us with the opportunity to respond to Idrovo’s comments and explain parts of our study.

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Date: 2020
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