What Went Down During The First Presidential Debate

Also, even though masks have become a huge political flashpoint, the vast majority of Americans are wearing them. According to polling by the Voter Study Group, 92 percent of Republicans say they’ve worn a mask when going outside in the past week, compared to 96 percent of Democrats.

I wonder how much Wallace is trying to close out this segment because he doesn’t want to perpetuate misinformation about mask-wearing (which is good! wear a mask!).

Amid all this talk about lockdowns, it’s worth noting that we asked a group of quantitative macroeconomists in a recent survey whether the lockdowns last spring were too aggressive or not aggressive enough. The results were extremely clear: 74 percent said the U.S. would be in a better economic position now if lockdowns had been more aggressive at the beginning of the crisis.