
Seized by Uncertainty
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Seized by Uncertainty explains how Canadian governments responded to that threat. Despite early warning signs, governments failed to appreciate the trade-offs required to respond to the pandemic. Their approach, at times intolerant of debate and ignorant of diversity, served the interests of some over others. Their response prioritized stability and containment, enabling four in ten people to work from home, disproportionately benefiting an educated middle class who profited further from soaring stock markets and housing prices. Mental health issues spiked, racialized people were much more likely to test positive for the virus, those in low-income sectors experienced unstable employment and lacked workplace safety protections, the lives of low-risk youth were in constant suspension, and residents of some care homes were virtually abandoned.
Seized by Uncertainty studies the pandemic response through the contexts in which it emerged, exposing uncomfortable truths about a fragmented society and governance problems that predated the threat.
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"The COVID pandemic was an epochal event - global, transnational, domestic, and cross-sectoral - that will be debated and discussed for decades. Seized by Uncertainty charts exactly what happened when, analyzing what governmental responses worked and what did not." Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser UniversityMore details
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Kaitlynne Lowe is research assistant at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Dalhousie University.
Sarah Moore is research assistant at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Dalhousie University.
Brianna Wolfe is research assistant at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Dalhousie University.
Content
- Cover
- SEIZED BY UNCERTAINTY
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE - OVERVIEW OF COVID-19 AND SITUATING IT IN THE RISK LITERATURE
- 1 How It Started and Key COVID-19-Related Health Outcomes
- 2 Situating COVID-19 in the Risk Literature: Four Rationales for Risk
- PART TWO - REGIME CONTENT: THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROL MECHANISMS
- 3 Information Gathering: Testing, Contact Tracing, and Modelling
- 4 Standard Setting: Health and Emergency Response, Economic Support, and Governance
- 5 Behaviour Modification 1: The Public's Choices and the Cascading Impacts of Government Directives
- 6 Behaviour Modification 2: The COVID-19 Vaccine
- PART THREE - CASE STUDIES: LONG-TERM CARE AND TOURISM
- 7 Caring for the Vulnerable: Long-Term Care, Short-Term Thinking
- 8 Tourism: The Higher It Rises, the Harder It Falls
- PART FOUR - REGIME CONTEXT: PRESSURES AND EXPLANATIONS
- 9 Market Failure Hypothesis: Market Performance, Information Costs, and Opt-Out Costs
- 10 Opinion-Responsive Hypothesis: Media and Public Opinion Polls
- 11 Interest Group Hypothesis: Bureau-Shapers and Organized Interests
- PART FIVE - LIVING WITH IT
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Methods
- Appendix 2: Years of Life Lost to COVID-19 Compared to World Wars
- Appendix 3: Years of Life Lost to COVID-19 Compared to Road Fatalities
- Appendix 4: Consumer Purchases at Retail (× 1,000) by Category (2019-21)
- Notes
- References
- Index
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