Johns hopkins university business professor says that lockdowns had little impact on the coronavirus. but the study has drawn no coverage, as in zero, in the new york times and post or on cnn, msnbc, cbs, nbc or abc. maybe it doesn t fit the narrative? if you look at the media coverage, it s one of the biggest stories in the world today, and yet certain media outlets have not even covered it. howard: the study of studies says lockdowns defined as one compulsory restriction have had little to no public health effects but huge social and economic costs reducing deaths by only 0.2. that rose to 10.6% reduction when bars and other nonessential outlets were closed. the study, which hasn t been peer-reviewed, is taking some flak. steve hanky is a cato institute fellow and one-time adviser to president biden saying among other things the focus on death rate ignores other lockdown