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Health or economy? Making the best impossible decision in the face of COVID-19

  • Written by Sri Astuti Thamrin, Ph.D/ Dosen Universitas Hasanuddin, Universitas Hasanuddin

When Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, first began grappling with COVID in 2020, its government was widely criticised for choosing to save the economy over people’s lives in its COVID-19 policies.

Initially, the government shut down businesses – including restaurants, malls, transportation and tourism – when the...

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