Economics has a lot of math in a good program so there’s a chance he could’ve been involved in some kind of like disease modeling. There’s probably zero chance they wouldn’t have worked it into the article of that was the case though
Former college econ major here. Can confirm. At its core, economics is a study of human interactions, with the emphasis on trade. As long as there is decent data, economists could theorize a model for all kinds of things and try to find relationships (or in this case, extrapolate a bit). Of course, since we're still under the narrative that 5 trillion people actually died OF COVID, the "lives saved" projection is going to be a touch high.
Economics has a lot of math in a good program so there’s a chance he could’ve been involved in some kind of like disease modeling. There’s probably zero chance they wouldn’t have worked it into the article of that was the case though
Former college econ major here. Can confirm. At its core, economics is a study of human interactions, with the emphasis on trade. As long as there is decent data, economists could theorize a model for all kinds of things and try to find relationships (or in this case, extrapolate a bit). Of course, since we're still under the narrative that 5 trillion people actually died OF COVID, the "lives saved" projection is going to be a touch high.