Was There a Better Way to Contain COVID-19?

Andreas Hornstein

Richmond Fed Economic Brief, 2021, vol. 21, issue 18

Abstract: Many countries resorted to social distancing as a first response to contain the spread of COVID-19. Arguably, social distancing measures caused major disruptions of the economy. Targeted interventions — such as more effective quarantine, contact tracing and random testing — may have had less harmful economic outcomes and more effective containment of COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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