Mobility Restrictions and the Control of COVID-19

Authors

  • Charles Perrings Arizona State University
  • Baltazar Espinoza University of Virginia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v4i1.344

Keywords:

Mobility Restrictions, COVID 19, Diseases Risk, Health Infrastructure

Abstract

A recent study on the impact of mobility controls on the final size of epidemics by Espinoza, Castillo-Chavez, and Perrings (2020) found that mobility restrictions between areas experiencing different levels of disease risk and with different public health infrastructures do not always reduce the final epidemic size. Indeed, restrictions on the mobility of people from high-risk to low-risk areas can increase, not reduce, the total number of infections. Since the first response of many countries to the COVID-19 pandemic was to implement mobility restrictions, it is worth bearing in mind the implications of the Espinoza result when considering the effectiveness of such restrictions.

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Author Biographies

Charles Perrings, Arizona State University

School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA

Baltazar Espinoza , University of Virginia

Biocomplexity Institute and Initiave, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400298, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4298, USA

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Published

2021-01-28

How to Cite

Perrings, C., & Espinoza , B. . (2021). Mobility Restrictions and the Control of COVID-19 . Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 4(1), 31–43. https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v4i1.344