  This position paper discusses emerging behavioral, social, and economic
dynamics related to the COVID-19 pandemic and puts particular emphasis on two
emerging issues: First, delayed effects (or second strikes) of pandemics caused
by dread risk effects are discussed whereby two factors which might influence
the existence of such effects are identified, namely the accessibility of
(mis-)information and the effects of policy decisions on adaptive behavior.
Second, the issue of individual preparedness to hazardous events is discussed.
As events such as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds complex behavioral patterns
which are hard to predict, sophisticated models which account for behavioral,
social, and economic dynamics are required to assess the effectivity and
efficiency of decision-making.
