Some numbers suggest the pace of new COVID-19 cases is slowing and the so-called curve is close to flattening. The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care has stabilized over the last few days after weeks of steady increases. Protecting public health now, while posing short-term risk to the economy, will allow the economy to bounce back in the long term. In the long term, the economy will always come back; the question is just how long will it take. How many lives are you willing to sacrifice to speed up the economy’s return, given that it will return to pre-COVID-19 levels eventually anyway?

Source: thestar April 13, 2020 22:30 UTC