Covid-19: The Nature Lockdown Study

There are some folks who seem VERY invested in proclaiming that shutting down entire economies was required and beneficial and should be done again if the opportunity presents itself.
Here with a differing opinion is Alex Berenson whose Twitter bio describes him as a former NYT reporter.
I don't know why he is former but considering what's currently going on in newsrooms it may be cancel culture.
Which means my knowledge of quasi-religions, the madness of crowds and more particularly Monty Python movies should stand me in good stead.

"Heretic! Burn the witch!!"

From Mr. Berenson's Twitter feed:

Okay, so your first clue this is bunkum is on THE VERY FIRST PAGE: Note when the paper was received. Yep, March 22, basically before the epidemic had EVEN begun in the United States or social distancing had been in place for very long anywhere else. pic.twitter.com/EJVcT0JGB2

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) June 8, 2020

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