When to end a lock down? How fast must vaccination campaigns proceed in order to keep health costs in check?

no code implementations • 29 Mar 2021 • Claudius Gros, Thomas Czypionka, Daniel Gros

We propose a simple rule of thumb for countries which have embarked on a vaccination campaign while still facing the need to keep non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in place because of the ongoing spread of SARS-CoV-2.

Incentives for accelerating the production of Covid-19 vaccines in the presence of adjustment costs

no code implementations • 19 Feb 2021 • Claudius Gros, Daniel Gros

Delays in the availability of vaccines are costly as the pandemic continues.

The economics of stop-and-go epidemic control

no code implementations • 14 Dec 2020 • Claudius Gros, Daniel Gros

We analyse 'stop-and-go' containment policies that produce infection cycles as periods of tight lockdowns are followed by periods of falling infection rates.