Optimal shutdown strategies for COVID-19 with economic and mortality costs: British Columbia as a case study

Decision makers with the responsibility of managing policy for the COVID-19 epidemic have faced difficult choices in balancing the competing claims of saving lives and the high economic cost of shutdowns. In this paper, we formulate a model with both epidemiological and economic content to assist th...

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Main Authors: M. T. Barlow, N. D. Marshall, R. C. Tyson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-09-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.202255