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US coronavirus measures are justified, economists find

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A tweet yesterday.  Do remember an uncontrolled Covid 19 pandemic would also completely tank the economy.  Hundreds of thousand dead, widespread panic and break down of public trust and order, will be devastating, and harder to return from, "herd immunity" or not. Aggressive social distancing policies being used to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 are hammering the U.S. economy, but an analysis by University of Wyoming researchers suggests that these measures are economically justified. Physics.org US coronavirus measures are justified, economists find

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A tweet yesterday. 

Do remember an uncontrolled Covid 19 pandemic would also completely tank the economy. 
Hundreds of thousand dead, widespread panic and break down of public trust and order, will be devastating, and harder to return from, "herd immunity" or not.

Aggressive social distancing policies being used to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 are hammering the U.S. economy, but an analysis by University of Wyoming researchers suggests that these measures are economically justified.

Physics.org

US coronavirus measures are justified, economists find
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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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