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Trading lower benefits today for higher benefits later is always a good idea. A reporter asked me recently what options workers have if they claim Social Security benefits and then change their mind. COVID-19 could cause such a sequence as people fearful of the virus gain confidence in an effective vaccine. Candidly, I wasn’t sur…