Governors’ Shutdowns Did Not Cause the Pandemic Jobs Crisis
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The Washington Post
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The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 416,000 Americans and recently pulled the U.S. economic recovery into reverse. Some states have shut down again to get a handle on surging caseloads. And critics have blamed those states’ governors, typically Democrats, for job losses.
But pandemic-related economic research shows the shutdowns aren’t killing jobs; the virus is.
In the first outbreaks last spring, people stayed home to avoid contracting the deadly novel coronavirus, regardless of what their governor said.
By Andrew Van Dam | 25 Jan 2021
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