http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-I).14
10.31703/ger.2020(V-I).14
Published : Mar 2020
Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?
The study addresses issues related to the current epidemiological models being used to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and suggests the “curve” is a nebulous fairy tale. Furthermore, I argue that these models are based on invalid data and flawed assumptions. For example, epidemiologists are using a number of positive cases, identified in systematic data collection manners (e.g., primarily testing frontline workers and symptomatic people), as proxy measures for infection rate: I suggest that random sample testing, proportional to population density, would provide an exact measure of infection rate. Finally, I argue that we are not in a position to reopen the world economy until we have these data, we now need a twopronged approach through which we conduct random sample testing for both COVID-19 and COVID-19 antibodies, and that we are about to live in a new world in which physical distancing will be the norm.
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COVID-19, World Economy, Re-opening, Infection Rates, Random Sample Testing
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(1) Robert C Sinclair
Professor/Consultant, Sinclair & Associates Consulting, 1614 Jane Street, North Bay, Canada. (bob.sinclair76@gmail.com)
(2) Rajeev Kumar
Master of Technology and Computer Science, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, India.
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APA : Sinclair, R. C., & Kumar, R. (2020). Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?. Global Economics Review, V(I), 177-185. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-I).14
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CHICAGO : Sinclair, Robert C, and Rajeev Kumar. 2020. "Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?." Global Economics Review, V (I): 177-185 doi: 10.31703/ger.2020(V-I).14
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HARVARD : SINCLAIR, R. C. & KUMAR, R. 2020. Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?. Global Economics Review, V, 177-185.
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MHRA : Sinclair, Robert C, and Rajeev Kumar. 2020. "Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?." Global Economics Review, V: 177-185
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MLA : Sinclair, Robert C, and Rajeev Kumar. "Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?." Global Economics Review, V.I (2020): 177-185 Print.
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OXFORD : Sinclair, Robert C and Kumar, Rajeev (2020), "Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?", Global Economics Review, V (I), 177-185
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TURABIAN : Sinclair, Robert C, and Rajeev Kumar. "Our Current Misunderstanding of COVID-19 and the Valid Approach to Research: Should We Reopen the World Economy?." Global Economics Review V, no. I (2020): 177-185. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-I).14