OPINION

Strict bug curbs lifted state economies

Oped, Jerry Nickelsburg, Published on 30/06/2021

» In April 2020, with the pandemic in full swing, The Economist published: "A Grim Calculus: Covid-19 presents stark choices between life, death and the economy." Soon Americans were blaming the lockdowns for recession. Before year's end, some states were ending Covid restrictions with the goal of boosting economic activity.