How to Manage Covid-19 and Other Pandemics

Morris Altman, Hannah Altman and Louise Lamontagne

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Abstract: This compelling book critically examines the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular by challenging the efficiency of lockdown measures. Morris Altman, Hannah Altman and Louise Lamontagne highlight the negative economic, social and psychological impacts of these measures, while proposing alternative strategies for pandemic management.

Keywords: Covid-19; Public Policy; Lockdown Vs Nuanced Policy; Democratic Governance And Transparency; Evidence-Based Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781802204421
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: Covid-19 and the importance of choice in smart decision-making

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Ch 2 Covid policy and the politics of fear and misunderstanding

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Ch 3 Covid-19 death rates: comparing soft- and hard-policy countries and why soft, non-lockdown policy worked best

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Ch 4 Why Covid deaths concentrated on the aged and in care facilities and why extreme lockdowns made things worse

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Ch 5 The effectiveness of mask mandates and other soft-policy measures during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Ch 6 History matters: how soft policies worked in the past and should have informed Covid policy

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Ch 7 The socioeconomic and mental health costs of Covid: why policy matters

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Ch 8 Conclusion: the fact-based superiority of soft policy and the unnecessary burden of lockdown policy

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