This is a meta-analysis so the conclusions will depend entirely on how they are filtering studies. A bit of their criteria: > We have seen no studies which we

This is a meta-analysis so the conclusions will depend entirely on how they are filtering studies. A bit of their criteria: > We have seen no studies which we believe credibly separate the effect of early lockdown from the effect of early voluntary behavior changes. Instead, the estimates in these studies capture the effects of lockdowns and voluntary behavior changes. As Herby (2021) illustrates, voluntary behavior changes are essential to a society’s response to an pandemic and can account for up to 90% of societies’ total response to the pandemic. Including these studies will greatly overestimate the effect of lockdowns, and, hence, we chose not to include studies focusing on timing of lockdowns in our review. From my perspective, it would seem like "voluntary behavior changes" are a core element of lockdowns, so I am not seeing why they would wish to exclude that from their analysis (other than that it goes against their thesis?). Also, I think the Daily Wire article does a disservice to their readers by glossing over key caveats such as "voluntary behavior changes" effects on the pandemic.