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Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics
Coronavirus leadership matters and has been richly rewarded in China and New Zealand. In Sweden, not so much.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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In too many places around the world, coronavirus policies seem guided not by public health but by economics or, worse, politics. Leaders are loath to restrict people’s movements because that tends to make people unhappy and unable to buy stuff. But we keep discovering you can’t separate economics and politics from public health. Effective virus control eventually makes voters happier and economies stronger.