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cord-308018-qao9wxzq	Tisdell, Clement A.	Economic, social and political issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-08-20		.txt	text/plain	8269	420	54	(1) It contains a brief historical and comparative overview of selected pandemics, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) It provides a simple original model which could be used to prioritize the admission of COVID-19 sufferers to hospital (taking into account available hospital capacity) and (3) it specifies a second model to evaluate desired social choices involving the trade-off between the severity of social restrictions (taking into account their impact on the incidence of COVID-19) and the level of economic activity. This is followed up by a critical discussion of the desirability of isolating social groups in order to control the incidence of COVID-19 and possibly reduce economic losses from the pandemic. (2020) develop a model from which they conclude that the isolation of individuals belonging to particular social groups is an effective means of limiting the number of deaths from and the incidence of COVID-19 and the economic loss from the virus.	./cache/cord-308018-qao9wxzq.txt	./txt/cord-308018-qao9wxzq.txt