2022/04/05 by Elizabeth A. Schafer, Schafer, Elizabeth A., Samantha Eberl +4
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts #COVID-19 epidemiological studies #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Methodology (stat.ME) #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE) #physics.soc-ph #q-bio.PE #stat.ME
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2204.13995
18 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2022/04/05 · openalex publication_date 2022/04/05 · arxiv updated 2022/05/02 · openalex created_date 2022/05/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Purpose: In this study we propose to identify significant economic, political, and social factors that helped contribute to the incidence and mortality of SARS-CoV-2 around the world during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Retrospective analyses were conducted using data acquired by the World Health Organization regarding the number of new cases and deaths from 76 countries from January through July 2020. Hierarchical cluster and principal component analyses were used to categorize different countries based on their ability to control the outbreak based on number of cases and deaths throughout these initial months of the pandemic. Furthermore, using non-parametrical analyses, different variables were correlated with multiple economic, political, and social indexes. Results: Multiple significant correlations were found, including the control of corruption, government effectiveness, and the human life indicator, with indexes containing the higher correlations demonstrating the capability of individual countries to help drive the course of this pandemic. Geographical hotspots were identified that required further attention to aid in outbreak control. Conclusion: Collectively, the findings in this study indicate that multiple factors beyond the biological should be considered in the implementation of measures to contain this pandemic