M.B. Pell and Benjamin Lesser, Researchers warn the COVID-19 lockdown will take its own toll on health

By M.B. PELL and BENJAMIN LESSER As governments race to stem the spread of coronavirus through an unprecedented closing of schools, businesses and travel, some specialists fear the long term public health impacts of a depressed economy and shuttered society.  It’s the most dramatic government intervention into our lives since World War II. To fight the coronavirus outbreak, governments across the globe have closed schools, travel and businesses big and small. Many observers have fretted about the economic costs of throwing millions of people out of work and millions of students out of…