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US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars with 3 weeks of strict COVID-19 measures

  • Written by Anna Scherbina, Associate Professor of Finance, Brandeis University
imageTexas recently eased all coronavirus restrictions, including mask-wearing. AP Photo/LM Otero

President Joe Biden commemorated the COVID-19 pandemic’s one-year anniversary by giving Americans an ambitious goal: Return to a semblance of normalcy by the Fourth of July.

“But to get there we can’t let our guard down,” he added.

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