Forget the debate over public health versus jobs – the same people suffer the most either way
- Written by Alicia R. Riley, Postdoctoral Scholar in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
Throughout the pandemic, millions of Americans wondered: “Is the cure worse than the disease?”
The question implies a trade-off between “the cure,” in the form of economic shutdowns, and “the disease,” COVID-19. This debate dominated headlines in the first months of the pandemic. More than a year later, it...