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The Economics of Covid Management (Glenn Loury & Laurence Kotlikoff)

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The Logistics of Testing for Every Household

A year's worth of tests for every household that they can use every day, every person? Well, think about the process. We're going to need trillions of these tests. How many factories? How much raw material? What's the supply chain look like? What are the logistics? What does it compete with? Do prices of certain things get bid up through the roof because you're trying to do all of this tomorrow? Just ask and have you thought it through? Yeah, I think it's really cheap. I think we're talking about potentially a dollar. So it's like $365 for you. Can the government afford to pay give you $365? Yes.

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