21-15 Health and Economic Outcomes in South Korea and the United States During the COVID-19 PandemicINTRODUCTIONA commonly held view early in the COVID-19 pandemic period was that countries faced a painful but inescapable tradeoff: They could perform well on the health frontby suppressing the virus and thereby avoiding a horrific toll of hospitalizations and deathsor they could perform well on the economic front by keeping establishments open and thereb
