A heavily-criticised study that concluded lockdown saved 3 million lives in Europe has been cited 2,779 times. More-rigorous studies concluding lockdown had little impact have garnered far fewer citations.
A new pro-lockdown study has been doing the rounds on social media. The author accused one critic of "libel" for saying it was "intellectually dishonest" to draw strong conclusions from dubious methods.
In a fascinating new report, Philippe Lemoine argues that models have done so badly because they ignored population structure. His analysis suggests that the 'R number' might be meaningless at the aggregate level.
Philippe Lemoine’s articles on the pandemic are required reading. We asked him about the case against lockdowns, why epidemiological models have fared so poorly, and what Emmanuel Macron should have done last year.
