Virus: Leaders’ tough call to save lives or economiesProtesters against the state's extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease demonstrate at the Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin on April 24. Some leaders have openly stated that there could be more deaths from a bad economy than Covid-19, citing suicides, alcoholism and even hunger. Watching events in the West and in China, it seems our leaders made a wise decision with a a partial lockdown. It seems that after only about four months, most countries are choosing money (economy) over the box (Covid-19). There is an ethical question every political leader should answer: how many people are likely to save the economy?

Source: Standard Digital April 28, 2020 09:56 UTC