Both Bhattacharya and Ioannidis have been vocal in opposing lockdowns, even to 
the extent of lobbying for herd immunity. That they *confirmed* their political 
biases is not news. It would be interesting to see if they preregistered their 
hypotheses and analysis methods.

On 3/15/21 2:56 PM, Prof David West wrote:
> the AP published a study that seems to demonstrate lock downs had no effect 
> on Corona spread. South Dakota and Connecticut (small states) had very 
> similar outcomes despite widely variant degree of lock down. So too Florida 
> and California, the latter draconian while the former laissez-faire.
> 
> Of course all the usual caveats applicable to such studies apply.
> 
> I wonder if any country/state would dare to do an honest cost-benefit study?


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