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2023-02-21 18:49:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 015EF949CC561DD1C4D9D280A412D22A8B38286592F6F7EDB1F2996F2613D350
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School closures reduced deaths 4.4%; mask mandates, 21.2%, per peer-reviewed research. Clip date: 19-Feb-2022 Maher hyped a "flawed", not-peer-reviewed paper that redefined lockdown and excluded research that compared early lockdown impacts with later ones, 2020-2021. https://www.ajmc.com/view/controversial-paper-claims-covid-19-lockdowns-had-little-public-health-effect https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20220204/lockdowns-covid-deaths-study https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968401 https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-a-preprint-looking-at-the-impact-of-lockdowns-as-posted-on-the-john-hopkins-krieger-school-of-arts-and-sciences-website/
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