Governments require regional or national lockdowns in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which causes large economic stagnation in wide areas because the declines of the lockdowns diffuse to other regions through supply chains.
<clarity> Governments require regional or national lockdowns in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which causes large economic stagnation in wide areas because the declines of the lockdowns diffuse to other regions through supply chains.
Governments require regional or national lockdowns in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, governments have often required regional or national lockdowns, which have caused extensive economic stagnation over broad areas as the shock of the lockdowns diffuse to other regions through supply chains.