Role of the State in the Time of a Pandemic

Opinion: On coronavirus, Singapore shows the way

https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-on-coronavirus-singapore-shows-the-way/a-52926547

“Singapore's success in managing the coronavirus outbreak comes down to three basic ingredients and one big one: closing borders early, rigorous contact tracing, a lot of testing — and SARS acting as a macabre dress rehearsal. These measures allowed public life to go on as normal. All restaurants, malls, schools and offices remain open to date. Hong Kong and Taiwan have similar success stories despite their proximity to China.”

Seattle Is Living Your Coronavirus Future: This city is well ahead of the rest of the nation in the cycle of denial, panic, action.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/coronavirus-seattle.html

The case is strong for spending a large amount of money in the short term to fend off worse economic woes down the road.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/upshot/stimulus-national-debt-coronavirus.html

Rich countries try radical economic policies to counter covid-19

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/03/26/rich-countries-try-radical-economic-policies-to-counter-covid-19

Countries are using apps and data networks to keep tabs on the pandemic

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/03/26/countries-are-using-apps-and-data-networks-to-keep-tabs-on-the-pandemic