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The Delicate Balance Between Our Health and Our Livelihoods
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The Delicate Balance Between Our Health and Our Livelihoods

Shutting down the economy for too long poses its own public health issues. Not shutting down for long enough risks even more health and economic problems.
The Delicate Balance Between Our Health and Our Livelihoods

With just over a week of serious national social distancing under our collective belts, it’s safe to say that most Americans have taken to our new anti-coronavirus regime with admirable quickness and good cheer. But the mass pause of the economy has led to worries about a new problem: Are we prepared to weather the economic damage that months of shutdown are likely to bring?

Andrew Egger is White House correspondent for The Bulwark. He previously covered politics for The Dispatch and The Weekly Standard.

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