Effectiveness of COVID-19 interventions: How individuals shaped the pandemic and how the pandemic shaped individuals

Florian Ege

doi:10.21996/swbx-sx40

Effectiveness of COVID-19 interventions: How individuals shaped the pandemic and how the pandemic shaped individuals

Florian Ege^*

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Publikation: Afhandling › Ph.d.-afhandling

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Abstract

At forstå effektiviteten og indvirkningen af restriktioner indført som reaktion på COVID-19-pandemien er en vigtig, men kom-pliceret opgave. På trods af at pandemien er en epidemiologisk begivenhed, er sociale aspekter såsom borgernes adfærdsmæssige reaktioner afgørende for en omfattende forståelse af effektiviteten af de interventioner, der er taget for at begrænse dens indvirkning på samfundet.

Den følgende ph.d.-afhandling præsenterer studier, der analyserer effektiviteten af specifikke interventioner taget og indvirknin-gerne, som pandemien har haft på samfundet.

Ved at nærme sig emnet fra et tværfagligt perspektiv kombinerer afhandlingen tilgange og metoder fra statskundskab, økonometri og demografi for at belyse særlige interesseområder.

Afhandlingens fund tyder på, at interventioner taget i respons på COVID-19-pandemien var effektive i at reducere SARS-CoV-2-infektioner, forhindre (overskydende) dødsfald og begrænse dens indvirkning på den overordnede dødelighedsfordeling. Adfærds-mæssige aspekter, såsom borgernes overholdelse, er approksime-ret ved målbare mellemliggende resultater såsom data om borger-nes mobilitet eller testrater. Disse mellemliggende resultater be-tragtes som afgørende elementer, når man søger at koble en CO-VID-19-intervention til dens ønskede resultat og kritisk i at lave et overbevisende argument om dens kausalitet. På trods af pande-miens indvirkning på dødeligheden finder afhandlingen, at regel-mæssigheden i forholdet mellem fordelinger af perioder og kohor-ter har tendens til at være upåvirket af sådanne chok.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Bevilgende institution	Syddansk Universitet
Vejledere/rådgivere	Wulfgramm, Melike, Hovedvejleder Missov, Trifon, Bivejleder
Dato for forsvar	18. jun. 2024
Udgiver	Syddansk Universitet. Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
DOI	https://doi.org/10.21996/swbx-sx40
Status	Udgivet - 7. jun. 2024

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Short, stringent lockdowns halted SARS-CoV-2 transmissions in Danish municipalities
Ege, F., 12. aug. 2024, I: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 18712.
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The unseen toll: excess mortality during covid-19 lockdowns
Ege, F., Mellace, G. & Menon, S., dec. 2023, I: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 9 s., 18745.
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Derfor er det svært at måle den præcise effekt af corona-nedlukninger
Ege, F. & Søgaard, J.
19/02/2022
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