TY - JOUR
T1 - Fast response to superspreading
T2 - Uncertainty and complexity in the context of COVID-19
AU - Zenk, Lukas
AU - Steiner, Gerald
AU - E Cunha, Miguel Pina
AU - Laubichler, Manfred D.
AU - Bertau, Martin
AU - Kainz, Martin J.
AU - Jäger, Carlo
AU - Schernhammer, Eva S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The project was co-funded by the Danube University Krems and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG Project 874836, “Organizational Improvisation”).
Funding Information:
The project was co-funded by the Danube University Krems and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG Project 874836, ?Organizational Improvisation?). Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia (UID/ECO/00124/2019, UIDB/00124/2020 and Social Sciences DataLab, PINFRA/22209/2016), POR Lisboa and POR Norte (Social Sciences DataLab, PINFRA/22209/2016).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Although the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave has peaked with the second wave underway, the world is still struggling to manage potential systemic risks and unpredictability of the pandemic. A particular challenge is the “superspreading” of the virus, which starts abruptly, is difficult to predict, and can quickly escalate into medical and socio-economic emergencies that contribute to long-lasting crises challenging our current ways of life. In these uncertain times, organizations and societies worldwide are faced with the need to develop appropriate strategies and intervention portfolios that require fast understanding of the complex interdependencies in our world and rapid, flexible action to contain the spread of the virus as quickly as possible, thus preventing further disastrous consequences of the pandemic. We integrate perspectives from systems sciences, epidemiology, biology, social networks, and organizational research in the context of the superspreading phenomenon to understand the complex system of COVID-19 pandemic and develop suggestions for interventions aimed at rapid responses.
AB - Although the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave has peaked with the second wave underway, the world is still struggling to manage potential systemic risks and unpredictability of the pandemic. A particular challenge is the “superspreading” of the virus, which starts abruptly, is difficult to predict, and can quickly escalate into medical and socio-economic emergencies that contribute to long-lasting crises challenging our current ways of life. In these uncertain times, organizations and societies worldwide are faced with the need to develop appropriate strategies and intervention portfolios that require fast understanding of the complex interdependencies in our world and rapid, flexible action to contain the spread of the virus as quickly as possible, thus preventing further disastrous consequences of the pandemic. We integrate perspectives from systems sciences, epidemiology, biology, social networks, and organizational research in the context of the superspreading phenomenon to understand the complex system of COVID-19 pandemic and develop suggestions for interventions aimed at rapid responses.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Complex systems
KW - Fast response
KW - Improvisation
KW - Interdisciplinary perspectives
KW - Networks
KW - Pandemic
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Superspreading
KW - Transdisciplinarity
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17217884
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17217884
M3 - Article
C2 - 33121161
AN - SCOPUS:85094181517
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 21
M1 - 7884
ER -