What's adaptive control? Dr. Vaidehi Tandel, Prof. Anup Malani, Luis Bettencourt, Satej Soman and Jonathan Gruber discuss a few lessons from India for tackling COVID-19.

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"As Covid-19 cases in India cross the million mark and as several parts of the country are experiencing a resurgence, state governments have reinstituted state-wide and city-wide lockdown measures. Decisions regarding the location and duration of such policies can be taken effectively through an approach known as adaptive control. 

The reason is simple: with adaptive control, states have a choice. They can always choose activity over infection control or vice versa, depending on what is best. What adaptive control provides is a north star to guide states. Decisions are less ad hoc and more transparent. Both governments and their citizens can be assured by this."

 

Read the full article here on Apolitical.