Summary:
The reproduction factor is declining. We need to push it below 1 for the virus to start to fade away and then we can move to safety protocols and mass testing. The problem is that without mass testing, R remains uncertain or "Bayesian." The results so far are "estimates" that will be revised as testing progresses. Marginal Revolution Suppression is Working, R is Declining Alex Tabarrok | Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center and Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and a research fellow with the Mercatus Center
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The reproduction factor is declining. We need to push it below 1 for the virus to start to fade away and then we can move to safety protocols and mass testing. The problem is that without mass testing, R remains uncertain or "Bayesian." The results so far are "estimates" that will be revised as testing progresses. Marginal Revolution Suppression is Working, R is Declining Alex Tabarrok | Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center and Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and a research fellow with the Mercatus Center
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: coronavirus
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The problem is that without mass testing, R remains uncertain or "Bayesian." The results so far are "estimates" that will be revised as testing progresses.
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Alex Tabarrok | Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center and Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and a research fellow with the Mercatus Center