A Project for HIST 1000 in 2020-2022
 
Author: <span>Nicholas Thompson</span>

Lockdowns and Livelihoods: Government Economic Interventions in Pandemics

It’s been over a year since the coronavirus pandemic began. Many lives have been taken by the disease, and there remains another cost seldom considered: the economic cost of the pandemic. This article explores the historical precedence for the lockdowns and measures that have thrown our economy asunder.