> This project was supported by Collateral Global, a UK registered Charity (No. 1195125), dedicated to researching, understanding and communicating the effectiv

> This project was supported by Collateral Global, a UK registered Charity (No. 1195125), dedicated to researching, understanding and communicating the effectiveness and collateral impacts of the mandatory NPIs taken by governments worldwide in response to the Covid pandemic. > Conflict of Interests: I have no competing interests to declare. When the charity funding the research has the conclusion in their name, that's not a conflict of interest? This comment brought to you by the "Astroturfed Research Sucks Experiment" a UK based charity dedicated to researching, understanding and communicating the quality and impacts of the motivated reasoning of astroturfed and/or crank science. I have no competing interests to declare. (edit: the charity seems to be an offshoot of the Great Barringotn Decleration folks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrington_Declaration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrington_Declaration)