The Importance of Protecting the Vulnerable

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Three epidemiologists, one of them, Jay Baddachario, suggested that we should have focused on the middle of the pandemic. They have been vilified beyond imagination, which I think is one of the darkest moments in the world. The role that government institutions played in trying to suppress that viewpoint is deeply disturbing to me.

When there's no vaccine on the market, people will look for other ways to be safe, including school closures and the handwashing of groceries. Listen as economist Casey Mulligan of the University Chicago talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the costs of delaying a vaccine, the hidden costs of FDA regulation, and what we learned and failed to learn about the Covid pandemic.