- A Pandemic Model: Looking at Policies and Historic COVID Data to Promote a Resilient Future
- Project Year:
2020
- REU Student (s):
Coleman Bligh | Colgate University NY
| Elisavet Gallou | Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ
- Student 1 Institution:
Colgate University
- Student 2 Institution:
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Project Mentor:
Ava Majlesi
- Project Mentor Area:
Miller Center for Community Protection & Resilience/Center for Critical Intelligence Studies
- Project Abstract:
In the recent light of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the United States' response has proven to be incredibly poor with respect to policy decisions made on the local and federal levels. With deaths totaling at 142,755, this is more than the number of battle deaths in the Vietnam War, Korean War, and World War I combined. One of the easiest ways to prevent such an outbreak from reoccurring has shown to be a stronger implementation of policies on all governmental levels. Three categories which require more heavy implementation include Test, Track, and Treat (TTT), Distance, Isolate, Mask (DIM), and Prepare & Organize, Lead & Inform, Coordinate & Yaager results (POLICY). The American response was not sufficient enough to prevent mass infections and fatalities, and analysis of state and federal policies with respect to COVID-19 containment outstandingly point to a need for more drastic policy decisions.
