[FRIAM] lockdowns

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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.
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> Of course all the usual caveats applicable to such studies apply.
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> I wonder if any country/state would dare to do an honest cost-benefit study?


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