Research suggests that the only way to avoid the massive costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic is through the timely development of a vaccine (and an optimally set lockdown policy until its arrival), or the successful implementation of a TTQ program that can effectively curtail community transmission.
Recent research from IIES Associate Professor Kurt Mitman (with co-authors Mark Bognanni, Douglas Hanley and Daniel Kolliner) looks at the policy options governments have available, taking into account the relations between health and economic policies.
Their work "casts doubt on the desirability of the current US policy stance - optimistic about the arrival of a vaccine in 2020, but not implementing a nationwide lockdown."
Last updated:
October 19, 2020
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Hanna Weitz
Source: IIES
