System dynamics analysis on the effectiveness of vaccination and social mobilization policies for COVID-19 in the United States

Jiayi Chen; Shuo-Yan Chou; Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu; Zakka Ugih Rizqi; Dinh Thi Hang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268443

System dynamics analysis on the effectiveness of vaccination and social mobilization policies for COVID-19 in the United States

PLoS One. 2022 Aug 12;17(8):e0268443. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268443. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Jiayi Chen¹, Shuo-Yan Chou², Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu¹, Zakka Ugih Rizqi², Dinh Thi Hang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Finance, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
² Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant public health and economic challenges worldwide. Various health and non-pharmaceutical policies have been adopted by different countries to control the spread of the virus. To shed light on the impact of vaccination and social mobilization policies during this wide-ranging crisis, this paper applies a system dynamics analysis on the effectiveness of these two types of policies on pandemic containment and the economy in the United States. Based on the simulation of different policy scenarios, the findings are expected to help decisions and mitigation efforts throughout this pandemic and beyond.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control
Public Policy
SARS-CoV-2
Systems Analysis
United States / epidemiology
Vaccination

Grants and funding

The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC under grant MOST 109-2224-E-011 -003, awarded to SC. This work was supported in part by funding from the Center for Cyber-physical System Innovation from the Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan, 111P013, awarded to SC. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.