Bob explains the friendly exchange he had with Dave Smith regarding the new Johns Hopkins study that concluded lockdowns did little to reduce mortality. Smith had tweeted that in a sane world, all those favoring lockdowns would be publicly disgraced, while Bob argues that these studies are so open-ended that people on both sides can reasonably ignore those that disagree with their preferred conclusions.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
Dave Smith’s original tweet about the Johns Hopkins studyBob’s article on Nordhaus vs. the UNA Reuters “fact check” that cites Johns Hopkins experts on why lockdowns DO workA Politifact pushback on Johns Hopkins study
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