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Business and Science Are Pointing in the Same Direction

In deciding when to reopen states, politicians don’t have to choose between public health and the economy.
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The question on everyone’s mind now is when it will be safe to come back out. Business interests argue that the economy should be reopened; public-health scientists argue that it is still too early; and politicians are struggling to find a path forward. What they need, though, is not a path, but a process. And when it comes to designing a process for making crucial decisions, business leaders and scientists

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