During our public health crisis, Americans have heard again and again that things will never go back to normal.
This is just as much an uncertainty and data crisis. On the bright side, as more data becomes available, there are lessons to be learned that could help avoid the worst predictions about the future. Empirical evidence from health care professionals experimenting with different types of protocols and treatment options are being written and disseminated faster than ever, potentially changing the future of peer-reviewed studies.
One of the most important data points will be the results from ongoing research on anti-viral and other types of treatments, which could be as important as research into a vaccine. (On the vaccine, there is already encouraging progress.) Such data will provide more room for risk management, lending insight into virus mitigation and containment.
But, even beyond medical data, there are three important lessons to learn that could lead to an improved new normal:
Continue reading at The Hill.
Gonzalo Schwarz is President and CEO at the Archbridge Institute. Gonzalo focuses on researching and writing about the American Dream, social mobility, the economics of human flourishing, economic development, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the institute’s "American Dream Snapshot” and editor of two publications focused on social mobility in Europe and Latin America. Gonzalo has an M.A. in economics from George Mason University and a B.A. in economics from the Catholic University of Bolivia. You can follow his Substack, "Living the Dream," where he writes about the American Dream.
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During our public health crisis, Americans have heard again and again that things will never go back to normal.
This is just as much an uncertainty and data crisis. On the bright side, as more data becomes available, there are lessons to be learned that could help avoid the worst predictions about the future. Empirical evidence from health care professionals experimenting with different types of protocols and treatment options are being written and disseminated faster than ever, potentially changing the future of peer-reviewed studies.
One of the most important data points will be the results from ongoing research on anti-viral and other types of treatments, which could be as important as research into a vaccine. (On the vaccine, there is already encouraging progress.) Such data will provide more room for risk management, lending insight into virus mitigation and containment.
But, even beyond medical data, there are three important lessons to learn that could lead to an improved new normal:
Continue reading at The Hill.
Gonzalo Schwarz
Gonzalo Schwarz is President and CEO at the Archbridge Institute. Gonzalo focuses on researching and writing about the American Dream, social mobility, the economics of human flourishing, economic development, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the institute’s "American Dream Snapshot” and editor of two publications focused on social mobility in Europe and Latin America. Gonzalo has an M.A. in economics from George Mason University and a B.A. in economics from the Catholic University of Bolivia. You can follow his Substack, "Living the Dream," where he writes about the American Dream.
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