Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live

by Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD

The McKeown hypothesis,

cities that implemented stricter nonpharmaceutical interventions and did so sooner in the course of the epidemic did not fare worse; indeed, their economies bounced back more rapidly after the pandemic was over. For example, reacting ten days earlier with respect to the arrival of the pandemic increased manufacturing employment by 5 percent after the epidemic ended.91