On the Management of Population Immunity
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Toxvaerd, F.
Rowthorn, R.
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This paper considers a susceptible-infected-recovered type model of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 or swine flu, in which costly treatment or vaccination confers immunity on recovered individuals. Once immune, individuals indirectly protect the rem
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Economic epidemiology, herd immunity, treatment, vaccination, externalities
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Faculty of Economics & Cambridge-INET Institute, University of Cambridge