Nations Face Hobson’s Choice Over Coronavirus

The cost of eradication may outweigh the economic damage of stopping it

Focus on the extermination of Covid-19 through draconian travel bans, etc, without regard to cost to the global community is dangerous. It will not work and will devastate employment and welfare, most of all among developing nations with few resources but young populations at less at risk from the virus.

The topic seems to be taboo. It should not be. At …