STEVEN FRIEDMAN: The economy is threatened by Covid-19, not measures to fight it 🔒
Studies show that quarantines lead to quicker economic recoveries than keeping similar areas free of restrictionsEconomies don’t work when many people are ill. This should be obvious, but isn’t to many people here and elsewhere. There is now a sustained attempt to portray government measures to fight Covid-19 as irrational bullying.
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