Covid-19 safety measures cost residents $2,862 each in lost economic growth in early 2021 — nearly three times as much as it did for folks in , with its light-touch , says a recent study.Researchers from the Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank, estimated the economic cost of shuttered businesses and lost jobs due to each state’s lockdown measures from January to March, in 2021.They then estimated the cost on each resident of those states — a Massachusetts family of four lost out on $11,448, while a comparable Mississippi household lost out on only $4,016, according to the 42-page document.
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