Estimating the Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Interventions
May 4, 2020
The Health and Economic Tradeoffs of Reopening America
May 1, 2020
More than 1 million people in the U.S. have contracted COVID-19 and at least 30 million have been thrown out of work by policies to slow the spread of the virus. And now, local and state officials face tough choices when it comes to reopening communities and the economy.
In this Call with the Experts podcast, RAND researchers consider the health and economic effects of relaxing social distancing restrictions. Here is an edited transcript of this call.
Jeffrey Hiday from the RAND Office of Media Relations moderates.
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Anita Chandra
Distinguished Chair in American Social Policy; Senior Principal Policy Researcher; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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Courtney A. Gidengil
Director, Research Residents and Specialists Department; Senior Physician Policy Researcher, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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Aaron Strong
Senior Economist, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
