Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg
We are grateful to Dr. Berman for raising important points when analyzing an economy-wide crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. We agree with Dr. Berman that COVID-19 had different behavioural responses from different groups; thus the best that can be done is to estimate average effects. To understa...
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We are grateful to Dr. Berman for raising important points when analyzing an economy-wide crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.
We agree with Dr. Berman that COVID-19 had different behavioural responses from different groups; thus the best that can be done is to estimate average effects. To understand the impact by different groups would necessitate information that in these circumstances was unavailable. Further, these groups could have behaved differently between the pre- and post-vaccine eras. Though average effects do not take into account the possible wide distribution of the effectiveness of the containment strategies in different groups, we think they provide a reasonable source of evidence in a crisis situation where data is often sparse and the situation is dynamic.
In regard to Dr. Berman’s two other points, [continued in PDF / HTML]
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a023f1c5e234cc5b30347ba990165e22024-03-08T14:00:03ZengMcMaster University Library PressHealth Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé2291-63692023-11-01111Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric NauenbergMayvis Rebeira0Eric Nauenberg1University of TorontoUniversity of Toronto We are grateful to Dr. Berman for raising important points when analyzing an economy-wide crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. We agree with Dr. Berman that COVID-19 had different behavioural responses from different groups; thus the best that can be done is to estimate average effects. To understand the impact by different groups would necessitate information that in these circumstances was unavailable. Further, these groups could have behaved differently between the pre- and post-vaccine eras. Though average effects do not take into account the possible wide distribution of the effectiveness of the containment strategies in different groups, we think they provide a reasonable source of evidence in a crisis situation where data is often sparse and the situation is dynamic. In regard to Dr. Berman’s two other points, [continued in PDF / HTML] https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/hro-ors/article/view/5685covid-19containment strategieslockdowneconomic evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Mayvis Rebeira Eric Nauenberg Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé covid-19 containment strategies lockdown economic evaluation |
| title | Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg |
| title_full | Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg |
| title_fullStr | Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg |
| title_short | Response to Peter Berman’s Commentary on “Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,” by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg |
| title_sort | response to peter berman s commentary on consideration of trade offs regarding covid 19 containment measures in the united states implications for canada by mayvis rebeira and eric nauenberg |
| topic | covid-19 containment strategies lockdown economic evaluation |
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