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                                "text": " Edouard Mathieu, Hannah Ritchie, Lucas Rod\u00e9s-Guirao, Cameron Appel, Daniel Gavrilov, Charlie Giattino, Joe Hasell, Bobbie Macdonald, Saloni Dattani, Diana Beltekian, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, and Max Roser",
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                                "text": " project calculate a Stringency Index, a composite measure of nine of the response metrics.{ref}Thomas Hale\u200a, Noam Angrist\u200a, Rafael Goldszmidt , Beatriz Kira, Anna Petherick\u200a, Toby Phillips, Samuel Webster, Emily Cameron-Blake\u200a, Laura Hallas, Saptarshi Majumdar, and Helen Tatlow. (2021).\u00a0\u201cA global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker).\u201d",
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                                "text": "The nine metrics used to calculate the Stringency Index are: school closures; workplace closures; cancellation of public events; restrictions on public gatherings; closures of public transport; stay-at-home requirements; public information campaigns; restrictions on internal movements; and international travel controls.",
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                                "text": "The index on any given day is calculated as the mean score of the nine metrics, each taking a value between 0 and 100. See the authors' ",
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                                "text": "A higher score indicates a stricter response (i.e. 100 = strictest response). If policies vary at the subnational level, the index is shown as the response level of the strictest sub-region.",
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                                "text": "Since government policies may differ by vaccination status, a stringency index is calculated for three categories: those who are vaccinated; those who are non-vaccinated; and a national average which is weighted based on the share of people that are vaccinated.",
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                                "text": "It's important to note that this index simply records the strictness of government policies. It does not measure or imply the appropriateness or effectiveness of a country\u2019s response. A higher score does not necessarily mean that a country's response is \u2018better\u2019 than others lower on the index.",
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                                "text": "The OxCGRT project also calculate a Containment and Health Index, a composite measure of thirteen of the response metrics.",
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                                "text": " testing policy, the extent of contact tracing, requirements to wear face coverings, and policies around vaccine rollout. It's therefore calculated on the basis of the following thirteen metrics: school closures; workplace closures; cancellation of public events; restrictions on public gatherings; closures of public transport; stay-at-home requirements; public information campaigns; restrictions on internal movements; international travel controls; testing policy; extent of contact tracing; face coverings; and vaccine policy.",
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                                        "text": "The tracker presents data collected from public sources by a team of over one hundred\u00a0Oxford University students and staff from every part of the world.",
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                                        "text": "OxCGRT collects publicly available information on 17 indicators of government responses, spanning containment and closure policies (such as school closures and restrictions in movement); economic policies; and health system policies (such as testing regimes). Further details on how these metrics are measured and collected is available in the project's ",
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                                        "text": "These charts are regularly updated based on the latest version of the response tracker.",
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                                        "text": ". See the tracker's ",
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