Vice President Mike Pence participates in a coronavirus update briefing Thursday on April 16. Joyce N. Boghosian/White House
GovExec Daily: When Should the Quarantine End?
A former senior economist at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers and author of a cost-benefit analysis on mitigation rules explains to the podcast why these rules are in place and how long they may have to continue.
Most of the United States is at least a month into the isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of Americans have filed for unemployment and major american corporations say that they are losing money at a previously-unseen rate. Late last week, protests in Michigan and Ohio had demonstrators chanting against the stay-at-home orders and arguing for “reopening the economy.”
Dr. Anna Scherbina, is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Brandeis International Business School and was a senior economist at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers . Her paper on determining the optimal duration of the COVID19 suppression policy focuses on a coast-benefit analysis of such policies. Scherbina joined the program to discuss the effects of the pandemic on mitigation efforts on the economy
