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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Coronavirus Mimics Climate Politics: The Emerging Frame Of ‘The Cure Is Worse Than The Disease’"

Submitted by Stephen Dunne on March 31, 2020 - 2:19pm

On the Forbes web site, Prof. Aseem Prakash and Prof. Nives Dolšak state that implementing strict methods to prevent the CoronaVirus such as social distancing and lockdowns would cause an enormous depression to the economy of the United States.

Presitdent Trump aims to restrict the methods by April 12th, yet this aspiration is uncertain due to the exponential rise of the CoronaVirus. Will Trump and the majority of U.S population disregard health safety advice from the experts to save the economy like how they have done towards Climate change issues? The future remains to be uncleared as "CoronaVirus politics is entering uncharted and potentially turbulent phase."

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