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Secondary Infektion
From the Executive Summary: "'Secondary Infektion' is the name given to a long-running Russian information operation, encompassing multiple campaigns on social media run by a central entity, which was already active in 2014 and that was still running in early 2020. Secondary Infektion targeted countries across Europe and North America with fake stories and forged documents. Its focus and areas of interest were often of a diplomatic and foreign policy nature: it appeared primarily aimed at provoking tensions between Russia's perceived enemies, and its stories typically concerned relationships between governments and often specifically focused on government representatives. It is also notable for launching smear campaigns against Kremlin critics, and for targeting presidential candidates in 2016 in the U.S., in 2017 in France, in Germany, Sweden and elsewhere. This report is the first systematic examination of Secondary Infektion's campaigns. It reveals the most comprehensive picture yet of this actor's strategic objectives and tactical priorities across the years."
Graphika
Nimmo, Ben; François, Camille; Eib, C. Shawn . . .
2020
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Preemption and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring State Interference Before, During, & After the Crisis
From the Document: "Preemption is when a higher level of government removes or limits the authority of a lower level of government. The impact on people's well-being, health, and economic situation can be severe. During the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, for example, states preempted local governments from being able to enact mask mandates, meaning local leaders could not make mask-wearing mandatory in their local communities . At times, these states were not implementing any sort of mandate at the state level. Preemption is neither inherently good nor bad. Preemption can be used to set minimum standards or can be used in policy areas that should be left to the state. The misuse and abuse of preemption, however, represents state interference, where the higher level of government unnecessarily constrains the actions of local leaders. For instance, states implementing emergency orders during the pandemic to close businesses to prevent the spread of the virus across the state. [...] There are a few different types of preemption, including floor preemption as North Carolina used, and each has been used in the current crisis. These types of preemptions are laid out [in this report]."
National League of Cities
Wagner, Spencer; Rainwater, Brooks; Carter, Katherine
2020
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Analysis of the National Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lens of Medical Military Support Requirements
From the Introduction: "The aim of this Open Publication for Allied Command Transformation is to examine national responses, both civil and military, to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and especially the coordination function between them. It will look at the strategic directions that nations have taken, including the NATO partner nations. It will also include the experiences and comparisons of the non-NATO nations of Russia, China, and Brazil as they present a differing strategic approach to NATO and western nations. The paper will support further analysis of current and future capabilities required of military medical services, especially how this pandemic compares to large scale warfighting operations. It will identify areas of similarity and differences within and between nations that could inform future conceptual and novel capability development. This will support future conceptual and capability development of military medical support for NATO."
NATO Allied Command Transformation
Bricknell, Martin; Homan, Zenobia; Gheorghe, Adrian . . .
2020
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Human Costs of Local Fiscal Crises During COVID-19
From the Introduction: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has dire implications for the vitality of US cities. While cities play a crucial role in the direct provision of essential services that will affect the health and economic security of millions of Americans, they are also ground zero for a deep fiscal crisis. A recent National League of Cities survey of 485 cities reveals that nearly 90 percent of cities will be less able in FY 2021 than in FY 2020 to meet their fiscal needs. In the immediate term, US state and local governments anticipate a budget shortfall of nearly $500 billion through the end of 2022. Revenue shortfalls in some cities could be as high as 20 percent in Fiscal Year 2021. Behind these numbers lay potentially devastating consequences for all citizens and communities alike. Looking back to the Great Recession (GR) of 2008-09, we identify some of the likely local impacts of the economic downturn in the absence of federal intervention. While often ignored in national coverage of the recession, they have left an indelible mark on US cities and, by extension, the overall economy."
National League of Cities
Reinecke, David; Rocco, Philip
2020
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: A New Tool Helps Analyze Commercial Air Travel Involving Infected Passengers
From the Webpage: "Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was first reported in Wuhan, China, have been confirmed in all 50 U.S. states. In this report--the first of several from a RAND Corporation team examining the role of commercial air travel in the COVID-19 pandemic--we quantify potential vectors of virus transmission to the United States as a result of commercial air travel. Understanding the COVID-19 propagation patterns, regionally and globally, will help policymakers mitigate the resulting threats to public health."
RAND Corporation
Hanson, Russell; Mouton, Christopher A.; Grissom, Adam . . .
2020
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: African Anchor States Face Higher Risk of Importing COVID-19 Cases
From the Webpage: "In this report--one of several from a RAND Corporation team examining the role of commercial air travel in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic--we use our COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization (CAT-V) tool to quantify the potential vectors of transmission to countries in the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility (AOR), which encompasses every country in Africa except Egypt. The tool combines COVID-19 case data from Johns Hopkins University with detailed air travel data from the International Air Transport Association."
RAND Corporation
Hanson, Russell; Mouton, Christopher A.; Grissom, Adam . . .
2020
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: Worldwide Spread of COVID-19 Accelerated Starting on February 19, 2020
From the Webpage: "In this report--one of several from a RAND Corporation team examining the role of commercial air travel in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic--we use our COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization (CAT-V) tool to estimate when COVID-19 transmission via commercial air travel began to rapidly accelerate throughout the world. The tool combines daily COVID-19 case data from Johns Hopkins University with detailed air travel data, including travelers' country of origin and country of destination, from the International Air Transport Association (IATA)."
RAND Corporation
Hanson, Russell; Mouton, Christopher A.; Grissom, Adam . . .
2020
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: COVID-19 Cases in China Were Likely 37 Times Higher Than Reported in January 2020
From the Key Finding: "Many people have raised concerns about the accuracy of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] data from China. In this report, we present strong evidence that China's reported COVID-19 caseload was undercounted by a factor of nearly 40. Based on officially reported cases in China in January 2020, the odds of the novel coronavirus appearing by January 22, 2020, in Japan, Thailand, South Korea, the United States, and Taiwan--as it did--would have been minuscule."
RAND Corporation
Hanson, Russell; Mouton, Christopher A.; Grissom, Adam . . .
2020
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: Air Passenger Transmission Risk to GCC Countries Originated from Outside the Region
From the Key Finding: "Transmission risk resulting from air travel is often global rather than regional in nature. Although regional countries often have more connectivity with one another than with countries outside the region, the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] countries are highly connected globally. As a result, most of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] transmission risk for most GCC countries originated from air travelers outside the region, first from China and then from elsewhere."
RAND Corporation
Hanson, Russell; Mouton, Christopher A.; Grissom, Adam . . .
2020
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: Decisionmakers Should Base Travel Restrictions on Infection Rates Per Capita and Air Traffic Levels
From the Key Finding: "Travel advisories from the U.S. Department of State and warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focus primarily on the risk of travel to particular countries. Additional metrics could measure the risk of travel from particular countries with both high infection rates and high numbers of air travelers to the United States. Future assessments focused on these alternative metrics would allow U.S. authorities to reduce passenger air travel, or at least increase the screening of air passengers, from the highest-risk countries."
RAND Corporation
Hanson, Russell; Mouton, Christopher A.; Grissom, Adam . . .
2020
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COVID-19 Air Traffic Visualization: By January 31, 2020, at Least 1.5 Daily Infected Passengers Were Originating in China
From the Key Finding: "By January 31, 2020, passengers from China were likely exporting at least 1.5 cases of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] globally per day. The eight countries most at risk of infection, based on our modeling, were Japan, Thailand, South Korea, the United States, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia. These were also the eight countries with the most confirmed cases outside of China as of January 31, 2020."
RAND Corporation
Hanson, Russell; Mouton, Christopher A.; Grissom, Adam . . .
2020
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COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Description and Top-Line Summary Data -- Wave 1, Summer 2020
From the Webpage: "As a continuation of RAND Corporation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation efforts to capture how people in the United States think about, value, and prioritize issues of health, well-being, and health equity, a new longitudinal survey aims to understand how health views and values have been affected by the experience of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. In this report, the authors present the results of the first of four waves of the COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk Survey, fielded during summer 2020, with particular focus on populations deemed at risk or underserved, including people of color and those from low- to moderate-income backgrounds. The questions in this COVID-19 survey focused specifically on experiences related to the pandemic (e.g., financial, physical, emotional), how respondents viewed the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic, whether and how respondents' views and priorities regarding health actions and investments are changing (including the role of government and the private sector), and how general values about such issues as freedom and racism may be related to pandemic views and response expectations."
RAND Corporation
Carman, Katherine Grace; Chandra, Anita; Nelson, Christopher . . .
2020
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#DeplatformIcke: How Big Tech Powers and Profits from David Icke's Lies and Hate, and Why it Must Stop
From the Introduction: "For many people, David Icke is a joke, whose public life ended when he declared himself the 'son of God' live on the BBC thirty years ago. In truth that interview was the start of a new and profitable career as a professional conspiracy theorist, in which Icke has spent decades promoting bigotry and misinformation. Icke's popularity was turbocharged by social media, where he has an audience of two million followers. His website is one of the 1,000 most popular in the UK. Recent polling by Hope Not Hate revealed that more than half of the UK population have heard of Icke. The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, however, has clarified the threat David Icke poses to public safety. His conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have been viewed over 30 million times on social media, making him the leading producer of misinformation on the disease. [...] The only way to rein in Icke's hate and misinformation is to deplatform him now, before inaction on his lies and hate end up costing lives."
Center for Countering Digital Hate
2020
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Update: COVID-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
From the Introduction: "The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak an international pandemic in March 2020. Since then, the pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on peoples' lives around the world. Countries have responded by imposing a variety of public health measures, and implementing stimulus programmes to help protect individuals and companies. These measures have evolved over the last six months, in response to the changing situation in different countries. Changes in behaviour as a result of the pandemic - whether the behaviour of individuals, companies or governments - have in turn presented criminals with new opportunities to commit crimes and launder the proceeds. The FATF [Financial Action Task Force] has been monitoring these changes in criminal activity, their impact on anti-money-laundering/counter-terrorist-financing (AML/CFT) regimes, and the measures that governments have implemented to respond to the different types of challenges presented. This has included the publication of a paper in May on COVID-19 risks and policy responses, supplemented by a series of webinars with participants from both the public and private sectors. Since May, the FATF has continued to collect and assess relevant information on the impact of the pandemic. [...] The purpose of this paper is to provide reporting entities, other private sector entities, and other stakeholders with additional information on COVID19 related money laundering and terrorist financing risks. This paper addresses both changes in predicate offences and changes in money laundering and terrorist financing activity."
Financial Action Task Force
2020
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COVID-19 Response Policies and the Care Economy: Mapping Economic and Social Policies in the ECE Region
From the Summary: "Care comprises all activities that enhance people's physical and emotional health and wellbeing. Care is essential for sustaining human life and for the reproduction of the workforce and societies. The care economy thus represents a fundamental contribution to economic production and sustainable development. Care work, both paid and unpaid, is currently mostly done by women. Despite its importance, care work continues to lack visibility. It is underestimated and disregarded in the design of economic and social policies, including in the ECE [Economic Commission for Europe] region. [...] This document presents a mapping of relevant policy measures directly impacting the care economy, including both paid and unpaid care. It focuses on six groups of policy interventions that have been included in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] response and recovery packages throughout the ECE region."
United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe
2020-01?
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility After-Action Report / Improvement Plan [March 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020]
From the Scenario: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Pandemic was a global outbreak of a novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], originating from Wuhan, China in late December 2019. The virus made its way into the United States via a human vector in late January / early February 2020. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was easily transmitted between humans through droplets from coughing, sneezing and even exhaling. Additionally, it was believed that approximately 30% of the population became asymptomatic carriers and spreaders of the virus. This made detecting illness extremely difficult and without widespread testing capability at the onset, almost impossible to prevent the spread of the disease into our most vulnerable populations in long-term care facilities."
Connecticut. Department of Public Health
2020
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COVID-19 and the State of K-12 Schools: Results and Technical Documentation from the Fall 2020 American Educator Panels COVID-19 Surveys
From the Webpage: "In spring 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to an unprecedented and sweeping shift in the landscape of public schooling in the United States. Beginning in March, schools across the country closed their doors and adopted remote learning supports that varied in degree and type. In May 2020, researchers from the RAND Corporation drew on RAND's American Educator Panels (AEP) to both document how schools were navigating these challenging circumstances and examine disparities in the supports schools were able to provide to teachers and students. Several reports based on these surveys provided a nationally representative picture of teaching and learning throughout spring 2020. In October 2020, RAND researchers once again surveyed principals and teachers through the AEP to gather information about how educators are approaching and experiencing the 2020-2021 school year. This report provides additional information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the COVID-19 surveys that were administered to principals and teachers during October 2020 via the RAND Corporation's AEP."
RAND Corporation
Kaufman, Julia H.; Diliberti, Melissa; Hunter, Gerald Paul . . .
2020
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Global Strategy for Shaping the Post-COVID-19 World
From the Executive Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is an acute public health and economic crisis that is further destabilizing an already weakened rules-based international system. With cooperation, determination, and resolve, however, the United States and its allies can recover from the crisis and revitalize an adapted rules-based system to bring about decades of future freedom, peace, and prosperity. [...] This strategy outlines the following overarching goals: [1] Mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and recover from the crisis as soon as possible in the health, economic, governance, and defense domains. [2] Seize the historic moment to lead a rejuvenation of an adapted rules-based global system that can endure for decades to come. The strategy focuses on four domains of action: health, economy, governance, and defense. Each domain contains a 'recovery' track, involving actions to limit the damage caused by the pandemic and facilitate a global rebound, and a 'rejuvenation' track, consisting of actions to adapt and reenergize a rules-based global system. Central to this strategy is close coordination among the United States and its allies and partners to leverage their combined economic, diplomatic, military, and scientific might."
Atlantic Council of the United States. Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Cimmino, Jeffrey; Katz, Rebecca; Kroenig, Matthew . . .
2020
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Guidelines for 911 Centers: Pandemic Planning
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient emergency communications is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety, as well as community well-being. A critical component of emergency communications are 911 centers--to include emergency communication centers (ECC), public safety answering points (PSAP), public safety communication centers (PSCC), emergency operations centers (EOC), and other public service command centers. A pandemic presents an immediate threat to the ability of these centers to operate effectively. The following guidance is intended to support public safety partners across all levels of government when engaging in the development of pandemic plans that promulgate policies, procedures, governance, resource planning, and contingency considerations."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020?
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Guidelines for 911 Centers: Pandemic Operating Procedures
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient emergency communications is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety and community well-being. A critical component of emergency communications are 911 centers--to include emergency communication centers (ECC), public safety answering points (PSAP), public safety communication centers (PSCC), emergency operations centers (EOC), and other public safety command centers. A pandemic presents a real and immediate threat to the ability of these centers to operate effectively. In response, CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] has developed a series of guidance documents for all levels of government to use when addressing a pandemic and its potential impact to emergency communication centers. The following guidance is intended to support public safety partners across all levels of government when developing their policies and procedures to organize, train, and care for personnel while operating through a pandemic."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020?
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Guidelines for Executives: 911 Center Pandemic Recommendations
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient emergency communications is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety, as well as community well-being. A critical component in delivering government services during any emergency, communications centers include public safety facilities at which 911 or other emergency communications lines are answered, calls are processed, and first responders are dispatched and managed."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020?
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Guidelines for 911 Centers: Cleaning and Disinfecting During a Pandemic
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient 911 centers--to include emergency communication centers (ECC), public safety answering points (PSAP), public safety communication centers (PSCC), emergency operations centers (EOC), and other public safety command centers--is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety, as well as community well-being. A pandemic, such as coronavirus (COVID-19), presents a real and immediate threat to the ability of these critical centers to continue operations effectively. In response, CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] has developed a series of recommendations for all levels of government to use when addressing a pandemic and its potential impact on 911 centers."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020
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Biological Research at the Department of Energy: Leveraging DOE's Unique Capabilities to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, September 11, 2020
This is the September 11, 2020 hearing on "Biological Research at the Department of Energy: Leveraging DOE's Unique Capabilities to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic," held before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. From the opening statement of Lizzie Fletcher Webex: "This hearing will examine the historic reasons for why the Department possesses advanced bioscience capabilities to address the Nation's great challenges and to stimulate innovation, how this expertise and DOE's [Department of Energy's] biological research tools are being leveraged to respond to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, and what future directions for the Department's biological system research can provide solutions for our Nation's most pressing issues." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Mary Maxon, Debra Mohnen, Glenn C. Randall, and Kelly C. Wrighton.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2020
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Recommendations into Action Brief COVID-19: Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls
From the Introduction: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has caused massive disruptions to daily lives and the operation of businesses and services, especially to health, social services, transport, hospitality, economic development, education, and recreation sectors with various measures in place in countries across different waves of the pandemic including: lockdowns, quarantines, curfews, social distancing, etc. The pandemic has exacerbated violence against women and girls in public and private spaces. [...] This brief details some of the ways safe city partners from different sectors, in a short six months, have taken action in line with the recommendations set out in UN Women's Policy brief on COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls [hyperlink]. Leaders within and across countries, cities and communities continue to demonstrate their resolve as they work to implement their holistic Flagship programmes and ensure that the prevention and response to sexual harassment in public spaces and other forms of violence against women is firmly embedded in development and recovery plans. This action forms part of each city's multi-year comprehensive safe city and safe public spaces initiative with women and girls."
UN Women
2020?
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Attitudes on Voting in 2020: Preparing for Elections During a Pandemic
From the Document: "The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election. To conduct an election during a potentially continuing threat from COVID-19, states need to consider how to conduct voter registration and provide voting options. How voters perceive and respond to these measures could affect turnout. RAND authors analyzed responses from 2,389 survey respondents about their expectations for public safety, election integrity, and the preparedness of local officials to manage the November 2020 election in the pandemic context. Responses indicate that both demographic characteristics and political partisanship influence respondent attitudes toward election safety, integrity, and preparedness. Although most voters say they believe that voting will be safe and that their vote will be counted despite the pandemic, those who question election safety and some who question election integrity appear less likely to vote."
RAND Corporation
Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981; Gibson, C. Ben; Hodgson, Quentin E.
2020
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Options for Ensuring Safe Elections: Preparing for Elections During a Pandemic
From the Description: "The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election. To conduct an election during a potentially continuing threat from COVID-19, states need to consider how to conduct voter registration and provide voting options. Several voting and registration options are available to states to ensure the safety of elections despite the pandemic. These options are outlined in this report, taking into account the factors that officials will have to examine in determining how to conduct the election safely; the advantages and challenges of each approach; and levels of risk regarding safety, integrity, access, and logistics. This report is part of RAND's Countering Truth Decay initiative, which is focused on restoring the role of facts, data, and analysis in U.S. political and civil discourse and the policymaking process."
RAND Corporation
Hodgson, Quentin E.; Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981; Garg, Anusree . . .
2020
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Strengthening Privacy Protections in COVID-19 Mobile Phone-Enhanced Surveillance Programs
From the Document: "Dozens of countries, including the United States, have been using mobile phone tools and data sources for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] surveillance activities, such as tracking infections and community spread, identifying populated areas at risk, and enforcing quarantine orders. These tools can augment traditional epidemiological interventions, such as contact tracing with technology-based data collection (e.g., automated signaling and record-keeping on mobile phone apps). As the response progresses, other beneficial technologies could include tools that authenticate those with low risk of contagion or that build community trust as stay-at-home orders are lifted. However, the potential benefits that COVID-19 mobile phone-enhanced public health ('mobile') surveillance program tools could provide are also accompanied by potential for harm. There are significant risks to citizens from the collection of sensitive data, including personal health, location, and contact data. People whose personal information is being collected might worry about who will receive the data, how those recipients might use the data, how the data might be shared with other entities, and what measures will be taken to safeguard the data from theft or abuse. The risk of privacy violations can also impact government accountability and public trust."
RAND Corporation
Boudreaux, Benjamin; DeNardo, Matthew A.; Denton, Sarah W. . . .
2020
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Data Privacy During Pandemics: A Scorecard Approach for Evaluating the Privacy Implications of COVID-19 Mobile Phone Surveillance Programs
From the Description: "Public health officials around the world are struggling to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. To contain the highly infectious disease, governments have turned to mobile phone surveillance programs to augment traditional public health interventions. These programs have been designed to track COVID-19 symptoms, map population movement, trace the contacts of infected persons, enforce quarantine orders, and authorize movement through health passes. Although these programs enable more-robust public health interventions, they also raise concerns that the privacy and civil liberties of users will be violated. In this report, the authors evaluate the short- and long-term privacy harms associated with the use of these programs--including political, economic, and social harms. They consider whether two potentially competing goals can be achieved concurrently: (1) the use of mobile phones as public health surveillance tools to help manage COVID 19 and future public health crises, and (2) the protection of privacy and civil liberties."
RAND Corporation
Boudreaux, Benjamin; DeNardo, Matthew A.; Denton, Sarah W. . . .
2020
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Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
From the Description: "In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the societal disruption it has brought, national governments and the international community have invested billions of dollars and immense amounts of human resources to develop a safe and effective vaccine in an unprecedented time frame. Vaccination against this novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), offers the possibility of significantly reducing severe morbidity and mortality and transmission when deployed alongside other public health strategies and improved therapies. Health equity is intertwined with the impact of COVID-19 and there are certain populations that are at increased risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19. In the United States and worldwide, the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on people who are already disadvantaged by virtue of their race and ethnicity, age, health status, residence, occupation, socioeconomic condition, or other contributing factors. 'Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine' offers an overarching framework for vaccine allocation to assist policy makers in the domestic and global health communities. Built on widely accepted foundational principles and recognizing the distinctive characteristics of COVID-19, this report's recommendations address the commitments needed to implement equitable allocation policies for COVID-19 vaccine."
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Gayle, Helene D.; Foege, William H., 1936-; Kahn, Benjamin . . .
2020
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Experiences of Community Health Centers in Expanding Telemedicine
From the Description: "'Telemedicine,' or the provision of health care services at a distance by means of telecommunications technology, can improve access to care by bringing medical care into communities with limited access to providers or facilities, reduce wait times, and improve convenience. However, when telemedicine is offered in safety-net settings, it tends to be a low-volume service. To explore this issue, the California Health Care Foundation invested in the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net (SMTSN) initiative, which was in place from 2017 to 2020 and provided funding for telemedicine staff for 24 months. RAND researchers evaluated the experiences of health centers that participated in the initiative. Although the SMTSN initiative and this evaluation occurred before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically altered the regulation, reimbursement, and use of telemedicine services across the health care system in spring 2020, the findings presented in this report are relevant to health centers that are trying to rapidly expand telemedicine in response to the pandemic. Also, the barriers and strategies identified in the evaluation are likely to have ongoing relevance once some of the changes in place for the duration of the emergency are rolled back."
RAND Corporation
Uscher-Pines, Lori; Sousa, Jessica; Palimaru, Alina I. (Alina Ionela) . . .
2020
