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Angaben zum Inhalt: „The COVID-19 pandemic caused overcrowded IC units. In the Netherlands a discussion erupted on what category of patients should be granted a bed, if there would not be enough place to treat everybody. In this article the medical guidelines for this situation as well as the public discussion are examined and related to Ulrich Beck’s theory of reflexive modernization. It is argued that discussion and regulation of this dilemma follow reflexive patterns, albeit patchy. The discussion and regulation displayed reflective understanding of the perilous position of the elderly and frail but issues of class and ethnicity were not discussed. This research revealed that Beck’s theory holds its own when tested in an empirical situation, but it has weaknesses in regard to the predicted emergence of cosmopolitan solidarity.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „Engaging the concepts of flow, circulation and blockage can help us to understand the trajectories of pandemics and the social responses to them. Central to the analysis is the concept of obligatory passage points through which networks must pass. Attempts by various actors to control the movement through them, be they government authorities, health experts and caregivers, economic producers or consumers, can create social tensions. Such tensions were duly recognised during the recurring outbreaks of the plague in the Second Plague Pandemic between the fourteenth and the seventeenth centuries. Analysing historical plague ordinances allows us to expose the power mechanisms impacting networks as they move through spaces, and to remain critical of how circulation is controlled and moralised. We argue that historians can contribute to reviewing these mechanisms behind the spread of epidemics and the responses to them from the perspective of movement and blockage.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „Er is een sterk verband tussen sterfte en inkomen, zowel tijdens als voor de COVID-19 crisis. Voor mannen tussen 40 en 65 bv., zien we tot 5 keer meer sterfte bij de 10% laagste inkomens, in vergelijking met de 10% hoogste inkomens. In de bevolkingsgroep ouder dan 65 jaar trof oversterfte tijdens de Corona-pandemie de laagste inkomens harder dan de hoogste inkomens. De oversterfte is het grootst voor ouderen met de laagste inkomens in de armste gemeentes. Zelfs in de oudere bevolkingsgroep is de inkomensongelijkheid in sterfte tijdens maart en mei van 2020 vergelijkbaar met andere jaren. Voor de bevolking onder de 65 jaar is er geen oversterfte tijdens de COVID-19-periode. De oversterfte was het hoogst bij de bewoners van woonzorgcentra. Maar in deze groep is er geen significante relatie tussen inkomen en sterfte. Administratieve data zijn onontbeerlijk voor het bestuderen van de ongelijke impact van de COVID-19 crisis, en kunnen ook hun waarde tonen bij het bestrijden ervan.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „Dans cet extrait du «Recueil de contributions spécial Covid-19» que la Fondation IDEA a publié le 2 juin dernier, Antoine Decoville, chercheur en géographie et aménagement du territoire au LISER, nous parle de l’impact de la crise sanitaire et économique sur l’organisation spatiale du pays à l’échelle transfrontalière, nationale et locale.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „This paper presents an overview and comparative analysis of the epidemiological situation and the policy responses in France, Belgium, and Canada during the early stages of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic (Feb.-Aug. 2020). These three countries are compared because they represent a spectrum of different governance structures while also being OECD nations that are similar in many other respects.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „Four phases of the Corona crisis are distinguished: a first acute phase, the gradual transition to a new normal, the economic downturn and the long run. The article describes what happened in the courts in the first and in the beginning of the second phase, and what is subsequently likely to happen. In the acute phase the court buildings shut down, and adjudication came largely to a halt. The courts were late in opening up, and as a result backlogs of, in particular, criminal cases increased. The courts extended their use of digital tools (e.g. tele-hearings) that, while allowing cases to proceed, did not fully protect the rights of parties. While so far the volume of commercial cases and bankruptcies has not increased, a (rapid) increase is inevitable. Contract breach will be wide spread, and will give rise to fundamental legal issues. For economic recovery it is essential that the courts give clear and consistent guidance in these matters quickly. This requires the courts to reduce the currently long duration of civil cases, and to use the available procedures to get expeditious decisions of the Supreme Court. The courts will also need to develop their ICT-instruments rapidly to guarantee the rights of parties. After a difficult first phase, the courts now face the challenge to effectively guide society through the Corona crisis and its aftermath, and thereby play its role in the trias politica.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „Marketplaces are regarded as quintessential public spaces, providing not only access to fresh produce but also functioning as important social infrastructures. However, many marketplaces closed down or changed fundamentally in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. In this paper, we reflect on the effects of the crisis on Dutch marketplaces from two interdependent analytical levels. From a ground level, we illustrate their ‘temporary death’ as public spaces and reflect on their changing social dynamics. From an organisational level, we analyse traders’ responses to the institutional measures taken to combat the crisis. Combining pre-corona, in-situ research with (social) media analysis, we show how a variegated institutional landscape of market regulation emerged. Whereas some markets closed down, others remained open in a highly regulated manner; representing merely economic infrastructures. Our first reflections lead to new avenues to explore how the COVID-19 crisis affects the everyday geographies of public space.“
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Abstract: „To control the COVID-19 outbreak Dutch government opted for a so-called intelligent lockdown. The virus as well as the lockdown caused significant personal and societal damage. It also created, however, a unique natural experiment. How did the forced stay in affect the crime levels? This article presents empirical data on crime trends during the lockdown. Initially, the general crime level decreased sharply. However, the general crime level quickly returned to pre-lockdown levels. Different types of crime displayed divergent trends, e.g. property crimes decreased sharply whereas online crime rates increased considerably. These trends fit rather well with an opportunity theoretical approach regarding crime.“
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Abstract: „Most countries in the world chose a more or less stringent form of lockdown policy in order to protect citizens from contagion. This essay offers a critical perspective by asking for the Netherlands whether flattening the curve does not cost more healthy life years (qaly’s) than it saves. A cost-benefit analysis is performed discussing four issues. First: how many qaly’s are actually saved by the lockdown measures? Second: what are the opportunity costs of the lockdown? This means investigating how many qaly’s could have been generated if the economic cost of the lockdown had been spent directly into health care. Third: investigating how many qaly’s are lost because of postponing regular care. And fourth: discussing how many qaly’s are at stake because of excess unemployment. While acknowledging uncertainties the conclusion seems unavoidable: lockdown has and will cost more qaly’s than it generates.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „Eind 2019 ontstond in Wuhan de uitbraak van het COVID-19 virus, wat enkele maanden later voor een wereldwijde pandemie heeft gezorgd. Om de uitbraak van dit virus in te dijken en te bestrijden, hebben België en heel wat andere landen ingrijpende maatregelen moeten doorvoeren die het sociale en economische leven aan banden hebben gelegd. COVID-19 infecteert dus niet alleen de gezondheid, maar ook het sociaal-economische weefsel en heeft zo, al dan niet tijdelijk, een zware impact op de arbeidsmarkt. Het is momenteel nog te vroeg om te kunnen inschatten hoe lang de COVID-19 crisis en bijhorende maatregelen zullen duren, maar de dreiging van een recessie is duidelijk aanwezig. Het maakt het waarschijnlijk dat de Vlaamse arbeidsmarkt na een lange periode van toenemende krapte terug meer ontspannen wordt, door een toenemend aantal werklozen en een dalende vraag naar arbeid. Dit kan ervoor zorgen dat degenen die zich voor de COVID-19-crisis buiten de arbeidsmarkt bevonden, of die niet optimaal werden ingezet, het nog moeilijker zullen hebben om de weg naar volwaardig werk te vinden. Deze groepen verdienen ook de komende tijd onze aandacht. Bovendien wordt de Vlaamse arbeidsmarkt gekenmerkt door een hoge toekomstige uitstroom van 55-plussers en een dalende bevolking op arbeidsleeftijd. Jongeren zijn de voorbije jaren ook steeds later de arbeidsmarkt ingetreden. In het geval dat de Vlaamse arbeidsmarkt zich binnen afzienbare tijd weet te herstellen van de COVID-19 crisis, maken deze trends een creatieve blik op het inzetten van de bevolking op arbeidsleeftijd opnieuw urgent. In dit artikel ontleden we de niet-traditionele groepen van arbeidspotentieel bij de werkenden en niet-beroepsactieven naar gewest en zoomen we in op de mogelijke werkzaamheidsgroei die zou gerealiseerd kunnen worden indien de groepen die het dichtst bij de arbeidsmarkt staan aan het werk zouden gaan.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „The global health crisis due to the pandemic of the SARS‐CoV‐2 is associated with processes of urbanisation and globalisation. Globally well‐connected areas with high population densities are hence expected to be disproportionately affected by COVID‐19. This paper investigates the role of population density within the Netherlands, comparing hospitalisation and mortality related to COVID‐19 across municipalities. The paper finds that infections, hospitalisation and mortality related to COVID‐19 are not clearly correlated with the population density or urbanity of the municipality, also when controlling for age and public health factors. The paper concludes that while the public debate stresses the elevated risk of infections in cities, due to transgressive behaviour, the evidence in this paper suggests that the geography of the epidemic in the Netherlands is more complex. It speculates that the variation in urbanisation in most of the country might just be too small to expect significant differences.“
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Angaben zum Inhalt: „This paper looks at the particular geographies associated with the COVID‐19 outbreak through the lens of cities that are products of relational urbanisation. This includes small but highly globalised cities, such as financial centres or hot spots of politics and diplomacy, which are usually situated between different political, economic or cultural systems and their boundaries. These cities experienced strong growth due to internationalisation and a dedicated politics of extraversion. Our argument is that such places are unusually affected by the current lock‐down, illustrated by two empirical cases, the cities of Dublin, Ireland, and Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Both have experienced striking growth rates recently, but now suffer from disruption. Their development trajectories remain unclear, since a return to the 'old normal' seems unlikely, and the emergent 'new normal' calls for adaptation towards more state involvement in areas hitherto governed by the market. The paper addresses possible alternative geographies for both cases.“
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Abstract: „During the COVID-19 crisis a risk of ‘code black’ emerged in the Netherlands. Doctors mentioned that in case of code black, very senior citizens might not receive intensive care treatment for COVID-19 due to shortages. Sociologist Ulrich Beck argued that palpable risks lead to the creation of new networks of solidarity. In this article this assumption is investigated by analyzing the different storylines prevalent in the public discussion about ‘code black’. Initially, storylines showing sympathy with the plight of the elderly came to the fore. However, storylines brought forward by medical organizations eventually dominated, giving them the opportunity to determine health care policy to a large extent. Their sway over policymaking led to a distribution scheme of vaccines that was favourable for medical personnel, but unfavourable for the elderly. The discursive process on code black taken as a whole displayed a struggle over favourable risk positions, instead of the formation of risk solidarity.“
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