Individually optimal choices can be collectively disastrous in COVID-19 disease control

• Main Authors: Madison Stoddard (Author), Debra Van Egeren (Author), Kaitlyn E. Johnson (Author), Smriti Rao (Author), Josh Furgeson (Author), Douglas E. White (Author), Ryan P. Nolan (Author), Natasha Hochberg (Author), Arijit Chakravarty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The word 'pandemic' conjures dystopian images of bodies stacked in the streets and societies on the brink of collapse. Despite this frightening picture, denialism and noncompliance with public health measures are common in the historical record, for example during the 1...