They stumble that run fast: the economic and COVID-19 transmission impacts of reopening industries in the US
Zimmermann, M.; Benefield, A. E.; Althouse, B. M.
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COVID-19 has laid bare the United States economically and epidemiologically. Decisions must be made as how and when to reopen industries. Here we quantify economic and health risk tradeoffs of reopening by industry for each state in the US. To estimate total economic impact, we summed income loss due to unemployment and profit loss. We assess transmission risk by: (1) workplace size, (2) human interactions, (3) inability to work from home, and (4) industry size. We found that the industry with the highest estimated economic impact from COVID-19 was manufacturing in 40 states; the industry with the largest transmission risk index was accommodation and food services in 41 states, and the industry with the highest economic impact per unit of transmission risk, interpreted as the value of reopening, was manufacturing in 37 states. Researchers and decision makers must work together to consider both health and economics when making tough decisions. O_QDO, let us hence; I stand on sudden haste. Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. -William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene 3 C_QD
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