The sum of all fears: the pandemic is exploding in the Sunbelt. Does anyone doubt that TX and FL are close behind? 1/
The 2nd wave — OK to say that — has already shot down the economic recovery 2/ nytimes.com/2020/07/01/bus…
Nobody could have predicted all of this. Oh, wait 3/ nytimes.com/2020/05/11/opi…
Key passage. I wasn't alone in seeing this scenario, by any means. For example, Simon Wren-Lewis was saying much the same thing theguardian.com/commentisfree/… But the Trumpists, and, to be fair, a lot of business types didn't want to hear it 4/ 
I did one radio interview that went something like this:
Interviewer: How should we make the tradeoff between infections and economic growth?
Me: There is no tradeoff — you have to control the virus to have sustainable growth
Interviewer: So how would you make the tradeoff? 5/
Interviewer: How should we make the tradeoff between infections and economic growth?
Me: There is no tradeoff — you have to control the virus to have sustainable growth
Interviewer: So how would you make the tradeoff? 5/
