I wish more people would understand that we do not have to chose between saving the economy *or* protecting the health of the population.
It’s not either/or. The goals are aligned: only if we protect people’s health can we get the economy back.
It’s not either/or. The goals are aligned: only if we protect people’s health can we get the economy back.
My prediction is that at the end of the pandemic we will see that those countries that suffered the worst health impact will have also suffered the hardest economic impact. And the other way around.
There is evidence that this was likely also the case more than a century ago in the influenza pandemic of 1918 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
And back then we did not have today's economy in which we so strongly rely on each other.
And back then we did not have today's economy in which we so strongly rely on each other.
If we want the economy to get back then we need to make it safe for people to be back at work.
