Economic cascades, tipping points, and the costs of a business-as-usual approach to COVID-19

Decisions to shutdown economic activities to control the spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic remain controversial, with negative impacts including high rates of unemployment. Here we present a counterfactual scenario for the state of California in which the economy remained open and active duri...

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Main Authors: Peter D. Roopnarine, Maricela Abarca, David Goodwin, Joseph Russack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1074704/full