Compelling for “group distancing”, not so much for shelter-in-place
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According to a WSJ op-ed…
Four new analyses of actual results show how the initial projections overestimated the value of lockdowns.
Fortunately, economists no longer have to rely on inherently flawed projections. They can use real data.
In what might turn out to be the best paper on the economics of Covid-19, a team of economists from the University of California, Berkeley carefully evaluated empirical data on social distancing, shelter-in-place orders, and lives saved.
And, here’s what the real data is saying…
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