CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo completely avoid Johns Hopkins study finding COVID lockdowns ineffective

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ABC, CBS, NBC also ignored the anti-lockdown study



https://www.foxnews.com/media/johns-hopkins-university-study-lockdowns-media-blackout
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Why would they promote a meta-analysis study by a right-wing think tank which cherry picks the underlying studies to provide the pre-determined result. An analysis which is completely flawed and is reminiscent of the Ivermectin meta-analysis studies -- which were pure bullshiat. This anti-lockdown study is just more of the same type of nonsense.

Let's take a look at feedback from respected scientists on this completely flawed anti-lockdown, pre-print, non-peer reviewed study.

Scientists criticize flaws in study that found lockdowns do little to reduce COVID deaths
The new paper, drafted by three economists, does not come from Johns Hopkins' Coronavirus Resource Center
https://nationalpost.com/health/joh...le-to-prevent-covid-deaths-flawed-critics-say

Expert reaction to a preprint looking at the impact of lockdowns, as posted on the John Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences website
https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/...-krieger-school-of-arts-and-sciences-website/

Here’s What We Know About ‘Johns Hopkins Study’ on Lockdowns
It's a non-peer reviewed working paper that has not been endorsed by the university.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/02/03/johns-hopkins-study-on-lockdowns/

The Bottom Line
The viral “Johns Hopkins study” about lockdowns was not the work of Johns Hopkins University, it was not peer-reviewed, and it was not written by epidemiologists. A number of researchers have also taken issue with the methods used in this study.

Furthermore, the conclusions of this non-peer reviewed working paper run counter to published studies in academic journals that found lockdowns did prevent COVID-19 deaths. One study, for example, found that lockdown policies helped prevent millions of deaths early in the pandemic. NPR reported:

Solomon Hsiang, director of the Global Policy Lab, says these unprecedented shelter-in-place orders came at an extreme economic cost. Yet when government officials were ordering them, it was unclear exactly how significant the social benefits would be.

“The value of these studies you’re seeing today is that they’re demonstrating what the benefits of this policy are,” Hsiang said in a press call discussing the studies. “They averted tens of millions of additional infections and millions of deaths.”
 
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The researchers – Johns Hopkins University economics professor Steve Hanke, Lund University economics professor Lars Jonung, and special advisor at Copenhagen's Center for Political Studies Jonas Herby – analyzed the effects of lockdown measures such as school shutdowns, business closures, and mask mandates on COVID-19 deaths.
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What the heck are the economists doing here? Of course if there are any kind of troubles, not just the pandemic, economy will take a hit and deemed ineffective.
 
Calling it a John Hopkins study is false. The paper clearly states it is not the view of the university and the school it comes from is not affiliated with John Hopkins school of medicine.

However, lockdowns are not as effective as basic compliance with common sense mask wearing, social distancing and staying home when sick. That is true. Just look at places like Japan and Singapore.
 
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