WOW this is interesting ...

"These data analyses suggest that in contrast to most people’s assumptions, the number of deaths by COVID-19 is not alarming. In fact, it [Covid19] has relatively no effect on deaths in the United States."

This is a statement reported in a Johns Hopkins Newsletter dated 26 November 2020. The link to the article has been deleted a few hours ago but you can still find it cached and the presentation on You Tube remains up as at time of writing.

We have written to Johns Hopkins and the author to enquire as to the reasons for the article being taken down. There is also much conjecture on Twitter about it. Johns Hopkins statement is in the pics below as are examples of the Twitter-sphere response.

If the analysis is true of the US, what does it mean about our disproportionate reaction?

The statement was made by Genevieve Briand, Assistant Program Director of the Applied Economics Master’s Degree Program at Johns Hopkins.

She critically analyses the effect of COVID-19 on U.S. deaths using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in her webinar titled “COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data.”

The statement was made by Genevieve Briand, Assistant Program Director of the Applied Economics Master’s Degree Program at Johns Hopkins.

She critically analyses the effect of COVID-19 on U.S. deaths using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in her webinar titled “COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data.”

You can read the article here: And here is the presentation: