COVID VSLs and the undervaluation of pandemic risk. 17/08/2020
2020
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epidemic disease ; risk assessment ; statistical method ; cost benefit analysis
Risk assessment and risk management
https://www.theregreview.org/2020/08/17/rowell-covid-vsl-undervaluation-pandemic-risk/
English
"The COVID-19 pandemic requires policymakers at all levels of governance to make tragic tradeoffs between lives, health, and money. The value of a statistical life (VSL)—a tool that provides an estimate of the monetized social value of a single lost life—can help policymakers make these choices."
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