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COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus first identified in late 2019. To help inform responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, RAND experts have assessed policy options and examined how different countries and communities have responded. Topics include health care capacity, telemedicine, misinformation, economic effects, vaccination equity, and the strain on educators and students.

  • Repeating pattern of blue surgical masks, photo by Dmitriy Sidor/Getty Images

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    The End of the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Q&A with RAND Experts

    We asked RAND experts to reflect on the past three years: What were the effects on the United States and around the world, what has changed, what are the most important takeaways, what was done right, and what was done wrong? At the same time, they looked ahead to what might be done to mitigate the health and geopolitical impacts of future pandemics.

    May 8, 2023

  • Kathy Spencer sorts the dozens of pills she must take since contracting COVID-19 in November 2020, in Kensington, Connecticut, January 11, 2022, photo by Mark Mirko/TNS/ABACA via Reuters Connect

    Commentary

    Long COVID Is a Mass Disability. The Labor Market Is in Denial

    Forget the work-from-home revolution or quiet quitting: The COVID-19 pandemic's biggest impact on the U.S. labor market will be as a mass disability event. It's a shock that the economy is not well prepared to handle.

    Dec 7, 2022

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