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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.

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    Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore
    Publication Date: 20/11/2021
    ISBN13: 9789811575167, 978-9811575167
    ISBN10: 9811575169
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    Medical sociology Anthropology Human biology

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    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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