Were the statewide lockdowns in the U.S. imposed so as to significantly reduce the number of coronavirus cases? Critics who question lifting the lockdowns seem to assume this, but was this the real goal? In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer sits down with Amesh Adalja, expert on pandemic preparedness and senior scholar at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, to discuss these questions and the latest developments on the pandemic.

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