Why didn’t pandemic planning anticipate the need for lockdowns?

Blanco Jimenez, Celia (2021) Why didn’t pandemic planning anticipate the need for lockdowns? LSE COVID-19 Blog (17 Mar 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The world is often said to have prepared for the wrong kind of pandemic, anticipating a new strain of influenza. In fact, says Celia Blanco-Jimenez (LSE), a number of plans were in place for the rapid spread of a respiratory disease. But none anticipated that lockdowns or travel restrictions would be put in place.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2021 14:00
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:13
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109986

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