while keeping the epidemic in check. Here I use basic economic principles to shed light on the key tradeoffs. A central … message is that there is no "health vs. economics" dichotomy. Rather, some degree of lockdown is typically optimal in crisis … like this, balancing its economic costs against its health benefits. Moreover, the optimal lockdown is dynamic, changes …

availability of COVID- 19 vaccines affects compliance with public health guidelines. We find that vaccine information reduces … important behavioral drawback of the successful vaccine development: An increased focus on vaccines can lead to bad health …