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The Introduction overviews the chapters of the book and highlights main trends and insights suggested by the analysis of country cases.
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See https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm, accessed 8 March 2022.
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For a thorough, daily timeline of the evolution of the pandemic, see: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/updated-timeline-coronavirus, accessed 8 March 2022.
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By early March 2022, there had been 5.9 million COVID-19-related deaths worldwide (0.08 per cent of the world population), far less than the deaths caused by Spanish flu. See Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center Dashboard: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/updated-timeline-coronavirus, accessed 5 March 2022.
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Lazzarini, A., Melnik, D. (2022). Introduction. In: Lazzarini, A., Melnik, D. (eds) Economists and COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05811-0_1
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