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Social distancing now helps the local economy later
Public health interventions do not depress the economy, says a new study based on data from the 1918 flu outbreak.
Public health interventions do not depress the economy, says a new study based on data from the 1918 flu outbreak.
MIT Sloan School Prof. Emil Verner analyzed the economic effects of the 1918 Flu Pandemic and found that public health interventions have no adverse effect on local economic outcomes.