WSJ should be embarrassed for publishing this dog crap and paying this moron. A journalist and "economist" with zero medical credentials belittling the advice of medical experts and accusing them of a waging a "war" on the economy? Get the fkcu out of here with that. I think COVID-19 will be a crystallizing moment for the country, when it finally realizes its had just about enough of the right wing's war on expertise and knowledge.
And yet, doctors with no economic background can insist on shutting down the world for indefinite periods of time, ruining billions of lives in the process, and that's fine because muh M.D.
lmao doctors didn't shut down the world, the virus did
even if you accept that asinine claim at face value, nearly every economist in the US thinks that reopening the economy before the virus is contained for the sake of muh GDP would be bad because... wait for it... an unconstrained virus would further curtail economic activity
Wrong and wrong.
The media shut down the world. They were grossly irresponsible and parroted BAD models, just like many doctors. I can find tons of economists who think we are committing national suicide. Tit for tat.
I can also find economists who say letting millions die is economic suicide.
Most doctors will accept the reality that we cannot keep the world shut down for months on end. The whole point of flattening the curve is getting things to the point where hospitals can manage it and right now, New York hospitals are unable to manage it.
