Saturday, December 19, 2020

Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing – study

 The worst thing for the economy would be not acting at all to prevent disease spread, followed by too short a lockdown, according to research based on US data.


New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that there is no absolute trade-off between the economy and human health – and that the price of inaction could be twice as high as that of a 'structured lockdown.

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