Sustainability Practices

Abstract

This study has applied stakeholder theory as a lens to focus on mitigating future health crises by learning from COVID-19, working collectively, using proven business and scientific strategies to create a cohesive pandemic mitigation plan for local and global entities. Utilizing publicly available data on the COVID-19 pandemic, a quantitative analysis was performed using Pearson's r correlation coefficient that tested for relationships between the strictness of pandemic control measures and the reported anxiety, depression, and the number of COVID-19-related deaths. The analysis results revealed that the degree of strictness of pandemic control measures suggested no relationship with the growing mental health crisis and the number of COVID-19 deaths. Therefore, it has been recommended that stakeholders of the world collectively work to proactively prepare for the future to mitigate the effects of health crises and pandemics and thereby secure a chance at long-term survival.