The Reopening of the Economy

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The economy does at some point need to be reopened. But how that happens? Alluding to your question, is is unclear. And so there one needs to be, i think, the the agreed upon solution by basically most experts whoe who comment on this is that there needs to be widespread testing. and widespread, probably to an extent that most people don't recognize. You can imagineth the scale of the number of tests that would actually require a you would what would that require? There's 330 million people in the united states. If they have to get tested one every 14 days, this wouds 330 divided by 14, that's how many million tests you'd need to do

In this episode, I speak with Steph Smith (@stephsmithio), the Senior Analyst for the popular tech and business newsletter, the Hustle. In our wide-ranging conversation, Steph shares her thoughts about the COVID-19 pandemic and what we can expect over the coming months for life and business.

We also discuss the complex nature of the virus, why the entire world missed its window to react, how these “black swan events” lead to second and third-order effects, why many people may default to optimism, and what data we should pay attention to.

You can find the show notes, which include a bunch of Coronavirus resources, at https://calvinrosser.com/podcast/