The COVID-19 pandemic tag can cover posts about any aspect of the pandemic (biological, social, economic, etc.).

Cost of the pandemic

The Institute for Progress estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused between $10 and $22 trillion dollars in economic damage and monetized health and life loss in the United States alone (which accounts for about 20% of gross world product and about 4% of world population).^[1]

Further reading

Bruns, Richard & Nikki Teran (2022) Weighing the cost of the pandemic, Institute for Progress, April 21.

Chivers, Tom (2021) How many lives has bioethics cost?, UnHerd, December 23.

External links

Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Our World in Data explorer.

Related entries

biosecurity | pandemic preparedness

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Bruns, Richard & Nikki Teran (2022) Weighing the cost of the pandemic, Institute for Progress, April 21.