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by ianjsikes 2107 days ago
Actually it was pretty easy to find a paper on that exact subject by the same authors.

https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/13388/black-lives-matter...

> "we find no evidence that urban protests reignited COVID-19 case growth during the more than three weeks following protest onset. We conclude that predictions of broad negative public health consequences of Black Lives Matter protests were far too narrowly conceived."

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Should concerns over Sturgis also be too narrowly conceived, then?
This is the subject of the article.
It is a separate event with much more in door crowds and much less mask wearing. Reality is not a negotiation where two different agendas agree on what they will pretend is the truth.