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PostMarch 30, 2020

J-WAFS PI Retsef Levi reflects on the economic impacts of COVID-19 and the question: is it really hospitals vs. the economy?

A medical worker in protective gear tends to a patient in Italy (left image) and a screen with graph of the Dow industrial average after closing bell on March 18.

A Boston Globe OpEd focuses on paths to reducing the impacts of COVID-19 on both the health care system and economy. Co-authored by Retsef Levi, a J-WAFS 2015-2017 funded researcher. Read more here.

by Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)
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