Quantifying the impact of individual and collective compliance with infection control measures for ethical public health policy

• Published in: Science advances Vol. 9; no. 18; p. eabn7153
• Main Authors: Roberts, Daniel, Jamrozik, Euzebiusz, Heriot, George S, Slim, Anja C, Selgelid, Michael J, Miller, Joel C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 05.05.2023
• Subjects: Diseases and Disorders; Epidemics - prevention & control; Health Policy; Humans; Infection Control; Mathematics; Public Health; Quarantine; SciAdv r-articles; Social and Interdisciplinary Sciences

Infectious disease control measures often require collective compliance of large numbers of individuals to benefit public health. This raises ethical questions regarding the value of the public health benefit created by individual and collective compliance. Answering these requires estimating the ex...