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Ann Arbor, MI
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    Justin Wolfers‏Verified account @JustinWolfers 24 Mar 2020

    “There is, however, a widespread consensus among economists and public health experts that lifting the restrictions would impose huge costs in additional lives lost to the virus — and deliver little lasting benefit to the economy.”https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/business/economy/coronavirus-economy.html?referringSource=articleShare …

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      1. Jorge Fallas‏ @jfallas 24 Mar 2020
        Replying to @JustinWolfers

        Economist discovers the Insurance Industry.

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      2. Silver Slicer  🎊‏ @SilverSlicerWA 24 Mar 2020
        Replying to @Peereeon @JustinWolfers

        Sadly a lot of older people are his supporters. You would think that losing his MAGA voters would change his mind.

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      1. Ayman Reda‏ @AymanRedaBlog 24 Mar 2020
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        “There is no wealth but life.” (Ruskin)

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      1. Marcello Graziano‏ @Uptheleft 24 Mar 2020
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        Ergo: GOP will push for it. 🤦‍♂️

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      1. Silver Slicer  🎊‏ @SilverSlicerWA 24 Mar 2020
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        It just needs to last until after the election. Nothing else matters for Trump.

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      1. Will‏ @Lord_William_ 24 Mar 2020
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        Trump is just catering to his billionaire buddies and GOP senators and allow the market to recover enough for the respective/aforementioned to sell before the big crash when the virus comes roaring back to kill millions... #tinfoiltheory

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      1. John Macilree‏ @macilree 24 Mar 2020
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        For the purposes of road safety cost-benefit analysis we already do put a cost on the value of a life.

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      1. noduh‏ @acan7145 24 Mar 2020
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        Anyone else feel like this new stance is just another distraction tho?

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      1. Bright Yellow  ⭐️ ⭐️‏ @neonjorts 24 Mar 2020
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        In other words dying for nothing

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