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COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distance explores the social and political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the sociological aspects of the spread of the virus, the role played by social distancing in virus mitigation, and the comparative effect of social proximity and distance on national anti-viral behavior. Peter Murphy discusses various public policy approaches to the pandemic and their successes and failures. In this engaging analysis, he investigates the way that contemporary societies think about risk, threat and harm, and how social mood affected the response to COVID-19.

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1. Social Distance.- 2. Public Policy.- 3. Social Mood.

COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and

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      Publisher Springer Verlag, Singapore
      Published 20 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9789811575167
      978-9811575167
      ISBN-10 9811575169
      Also in:
      Medical sociology Anthropology Science & Nature Human biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      COVID-19: Proportionality, Public Policy and Social Distance explores the social and political response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It details the sociological aspects of the spread of the virus, the role played by social distancing in virus mitigation, and the comparative effect of social proximity and distance on national anti-viral behavior. Peter Murphy discusses various public policy approaches to the pandemic and their successes and failures. In this engaging analysis, he investigates the way that contemporary societies think about risk, threat and harm, and how social mood affected the response to COVID-19.

      Table of Contents
      1. Social Distance.- 2. Public Policy.- 3. Social Mood.

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