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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Friedman-US-Israel-to-emerge-stronger-than-ever-621631

U.S. Amb. Friedman: "All the Dislocation Is the Cost of Saving Lives"

(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman discussed the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview: "The visibility is unprecedented. The infectious disease experts now understand how to stem the advancement of the disease, and the global quarantine certainly is new. The entire world is watching the spread in real time, and the numbers come out daily with 24/7 commentary. We are not used to this type of isolation and, with the bombardment of information, our reactions may have become obsessive." "And, of course, the curtailment on mobility is destroying parts of the world economy. But in an important sense, all the dislocation we are seeing is the cost of saving lives that generations ago probably would have been lost."

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