Economists Don't Support Ending Lockdowns

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Economists Don’t Support Ending Lockdowns

March 29, 2020 at 1:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 122 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/29/economists-dont-support-ending-lockdowns/

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A new survey of leading economists by the University of Chicago finds that none of them support abandoning severe lockdowns when the likelihood of a resurgence in coronavirus infections could lead to greater total economic damage.

That’s a remarkable consensus: None of them support reopening the economy at this point.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. Why does EVERYBODY already understand this

except for the fucking moron? If you shut down the country, test everyone and do contact tracing you will have fewer long term problems at every level. A gnat understands this, it is basic common sense.