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A Framework for Assessing Social- and Location-Based Transmission Risk as a Heuristic for Individual Decision-Making

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22 May 2020

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24 May 2020

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Abstract
This paper provides a framework for the assessment of household-level risk, incorporating both a individual social risk perspective and a location-based perspective. We use this framework as a heuristic to explore the effect of social reintegration choices individuals face, which are not be addressed by current policies. For example, we explore how integrating extended family households during COVID-19 without social distancing may affect household and community risk. The goal is to aid individual decision makers, who are seeking to maintain quality-of-life while navigating local policy, with nuance relating to location-specific behavior and disease prevalence.
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Subject: Social Sciences  -   Sociology
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