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The premise of the OP may have been wrong.

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-health-economy

But among countries with available GDP data, we do not see any evidence of a trade-off between protecting people’s health and protecting the economy. Rather the relationship we see between the health and economic impacts of the pandemic goes in the opposite direction. As well as saving lives, countries controlling the outbreak effectively may have adopted the best economic strategy too.

It wasn't imposing the COVID-19 shutdown that cost the American economy, but rather failing to control the pandemic.

BC

[BostonCard]

The premise of the OP may have been wrong.

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-health-economy

But among countries with available GDP data, we do not see any evidence of a trade-off between protecting people’s health and protecting the economy. Rather the relationship we see between the health and economic impacts of the pandemic goes in the opposite direction. As well as saving lives, countries controlling the outbreak effectively may have adopted the best economic strategy too.

It wasn't imposing the COVID-19 shutdown that cost the American economy, but rather failing to control the pandemic.

BC