Explaining Variation in State Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Fifty-State Comparison

• In Event: COVID Policy in State & Local Government

Brief Overview

When the COVIDS pandemic began in the US in early March 2020, states began to enact measures to respond to the pandemic. This paper examines the various measures taken, and in some cases rescinded, by states in response to the pandemic.

Authors

• Martin Mayer, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

• John C. Morris, Auburn University

• Ryan D Williamson, Auburn University

• Malerie Goodman, Auburn University

• Steve Patrick McKnight, Auburn University

• Nurun Naher, Auburn University

• Sindhu Weber

• Xiaodan Zhang, Auburn University