Assessing the Benefit of Lockdowns to ‘Save Lives’
As we are staring down the potential second wave of coronavirus, governments are taking different approaches. Most are enforcing masks/social distancing while keeping businesses open while others are selectively shutting down areas with clusters. In order to identify the best approach, we think it’s best to understand what’s been at risk. In other words how many lives are we saving vs. how many we are losing.Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreSaving Lives vs Mortility RateAggregating mortality stats takes years and the most recent, most robust samples, are from 2017 and that is wh...