A new paper finds stimulus checks, small business aid, and “reopening” can’t rescue the economy

 Real-time data on how the economy responded to Covid-19 suggests the problem is the disease itself.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/6/17/21293353/coronavirus-covid-19-economy-recession-unemployment-raj-chetty

America Could Control the Pandemic by October. Let’s Get to It.

Six to eight weeks. That’s how long some of the nation’s leading public health experts say it would take to finally get the United States’ coronavirus epidemic under control.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-response-testing-lockdown.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/opinion/coronavirus-lockdown-unemployment-death.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage