Taking Covid-19 lightl­y can have great costs, econom­ic and politi­calAs the Covid-19 spreads, a people already groaning under the unfair burden of the hardest austerity regime ever imposed by an IMF programme, was expecting kindness, if not justice. The head of the Fed, whom he had threatened to demote, has declared the United States an interest-free economy. The speech of the top man counselled social distancing but stopped short of dealing with its consequences, citing a slowly healing economy. That still leaves an even greater number of outsourced workers, informal workers and home-based women. Taking Covid-19 lightly can have great costs, economic and political.

Source: The Express Tribune March 20, 2020 03:56 UTC