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This article uses daily state information of the Social Isolation Index (SII) and recorded cases and deaths by COVID-19 for the period between March 13 and April 25, 2020 to estimate elasticities that relates these variables in Brazil. The results indicate that there was an adjustment period for...
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Background. Prior studies indicate the protective role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation in human health, mediated by vitamin D synthesis. In this observational study, we empirically outline a negative association of UVB radiation as measured by ultraviolet index (UVI) with the number of COVID-19...
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evidence that the pandemic has hit Arab-American communities hard, there is limited data documenting infection and mortality … and mortality at the county level with ACS data on the geographic distribution of Arab-Americans. I find that infection … and mortality rates for the “White” racial category are significantly higher in neighborhoods with higher Arab …
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. Unfortunately, no benefits in terms of mortality are found. In fact, with few exceptions, both strictness and variability in NPIs …
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Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health depends more than ever on such protective decisions. This...
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We investigate whether COVID-19 deaths that occurred before vaccination rollouts impact subsequent vaccination take-up. We use data on local vaccination rates and COVID-19-related deaths from England measured at high geographic granularity. We find that vaccination take-up as of November 2021 is...
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. Mortality from all causes during the pandemic was elevated 26 percent for working-age adults (18-64), as compared to 18 percent …
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In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of...
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Lack of information about COVID-19 and its spread may have contributed to excess mortality at the pandemic's onset. In …
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daily deaths from COVID-19 fixed, what was the impact of vaccines on cumulative mortality from COVID-19 up through June 2023 … behavioral responses to COVID-19 deaths on cumulative mortality from COVID-19 over this same time period? In answering the first … question, I find that vaccines saved 748,600 lives through June 2023. That is, without vaccines, cumulative mortality from …
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