2. I'd welcome any expert comments, but by all reporting, it does seem like South Korea and in at least one village in Italy the free wide-spread testing model has proved very effective. Once implemented, massive Keynesian spending can restart the economy.
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3. The alternative to free widespread testing is a lockdown that lasts 12-18 months (or more). That is bad not just for economic reasons but psychological ones. It would be traumatic for wide swaths of the population (particularly the most vulnerable).
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4. This really does seem like the only way forward -- although it requires a level of state competence that hasn't been on much display in all countries. I recommend this article to policy makers.
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5. I recommend this article to policy makers and would welcome any comments on the the ideas.
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Free testing?!?! Don’t you trust Americans to make their own healthcare decisions
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If we had Hillary for POTUS, good stuff would actually get done.
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If we had Hillary for POTUS, she'd have gladly accepted Obama's protocols, kept the pandemic team, been ON this before January, we'd have all been tested,necessary folks quarantined, and it would be fully under control. Even now, she's the only one who could clean up this mess.
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can we just buy testing from a competent country at scale at this point
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Is this actually a plausible path in the near or medium term?
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For some countries. Maybe not the USA.
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