Because the same authors did not find a similar effect with the protests. http://ftp.iza.org/dp13388.pdf http://ftp.iza.org/dp13388.pdf > This study uses newl

Because the same authors did not find a similar effect with the protests. http://ftp.iza.org/dp13388.pdf http://ftp.iza.org/dp13388.pdf > This study uses newly collected data on protests in 315 of the largest U.S. cities to estimate the impacts of mass protests on social distancing and COVID-19 case growth. Event-study analyses provide strong evidence that net stay-at-home behavior increased following protest onset, consistent with the hypothesis that non-protesters’ behavior was substantially affected by urban protests. This effect was not fully explained by the imposition of city curfews. Estimated effects were generally larger for persistent protests and those accompanied by media reports of violence. Furthermore, 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.