president, on Bloomberg this past Sunday. Summers shared his interpretation of economic data comparing countries (e.g., Sweden vs Denmark) and U.S.states (e.g., NY vs GA) that locked down (to varying degrees).

Summers reported that the governments that locked down are doing as well economically as those that were less restrictive due, largely to self-imposed lockdowns. Summers' conclusion was that people's fear rather than mandated lockdowns played a greater role in economic contractions because individuals who abided by lockdowns were as likely to physically distance whether or not mandated. I cannot access the data to draw my own conclusions.