Covid-19 economic coma: The world can’t afford more lockdowns, warns The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal warns that an economic coma induced by lockdowns will be more deadly than focusing largely on controlling a spike in Covid-19 cases.
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South Africa's strict Covid-19 lockdown measures sparked a major outcry from business leaders, entrepreneurs and analysts, with warnings that the country would plunge deeper into recession and for a prolonged period. In the US, as restrictions have eased and Covid-19 cases have inevitably ticked up, there are concerns that the world's largest economy doesn't have the resilience to cope with further containment measures. The Wall Street Journal editors warn an influential readership that an economic coma induced by lockdowns will be more deadly than focusing largely on controlling a spike in Covid-19 case reports and deaths. Furthermore, there has been much scaremongering which is distracting people from the reality that the pandemic is not having as devastating an impact on hospitals as the headlines might suggest. – Jackie Cameron

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