You're welcome to review the original work yourself:

https://www.nber.org/papers/w27408.pdf

You answered my question thx.

Some cities just had curfews for covid, generally. City wide. So I was asking if that was what you were referring to (in which protests were not the cause) or if the protests were the cause.

You have said covid was the specific cause of those evening curfews, which to me means, at least in those areas, where protests were happening and curfews were in place, I could see that as a pretty significant impact on spread, beyond any spread the protests themselves might have had.

And since these protests generally took place in the poorer but more active areas of cities (downtowns, Main Streets, etc) I would again say, at least in those areas, that could be significant or a NET positive to spread overall.

Meaning less case spread in protests than might have occurred without a protest and those areas being open due to no protest curfews.

When you say media you mean conservative right wing media right?

Because there is no both sides **** with politicizing this virus from people in general or the media.

I know I am just a big dummy but seems pretty “hmm” that kids are apparently just sitting next together all day.

Oh thx for that. I had not seen it.

I was more in the 'eh probably had some impact but not much or quantifiable' but this makes it pretty clear that there were tangible reductions of covid spread due to protests.

its been like what 6 months, and conservatives still dont understand anything about viruses. i think you could teach chimpanzees more in the same time period.

I love how you guys are both so thoughtless and racist that you can’t understand why protesting systemic racism that is causing people to be murdered by police is a more significant deal than a Jack off press conference at a golf club or demanding one’s right to eat hot wings. It is so very revealing as you all keep making the exact same stupid argument, even after it has been explained dozens of times.

So it is just hatred in your heart and thoughtlessness in your head.

It is like a five year old not comprehending the difference between waking your parents up because you saw a lady bug or because the house was on fire.

Seriously what is wrong with you Joe, ihiv and the rest of you who keep making this absolutely absurd argument over and over.

....that could not be “fully explained” by curfews. Seems like the paper itself implicitly acknowledges that curfews were almost the entire basis for the reduction in spread.

it is pretty clear they know they have no arguments that are not specious and thus they resort to equating and equivating based on a false premise and just repeating it over and over.

It is all they have.

Ya i agree it is not 100% but for me "... this makes it pretty clear that there were tangible reductions of covid spread due to protests", still stands.

I'm learning (slowly). Let me see:

Mass gatherings are good (the larger the better). Small gatherings are bad.

Riots are good. Peaceful protests are bad.

Looting is good. Especially restaurants and bars.

How am I doing? Looking forward to more education from you geniuses in the future. Thanks for your patience.

Yeah sorry, we were under the mistaken impression that there was a highly contagious pandemic going on. And that mass gatherings are bad in a pandemic. Obviously we are ******ed.

FYP

Really? You are the one who said the more disruptive a gathering is the lower the net risk of covid spread.

Were you lying?

'Everything' shut down was actually a hell of a lot less than everything.

It's almost like there were more qualifiers in my statement than just mass gatherings, and also like there were more items on your list.

Georgia high school whose crowded hallway photo went viral (along with subsequent attempts to suspend students for publishing photos) reports 9 COVID cases in first week open

How do people get test results so fast? It takes 3 weeks to get test results here.

May I ask where you are located? A couple people I know recently just had tests done and they were told 2-7 days.

You don't decide what's more significant, that's up to the individual. You and other peoples righteousness indignation is appalling due to the fact it's built upon a premise that the lefties get to decide what's significant, or not, i.e. you can protest, but you can't go to school.

I don't have the time, or candidly, the statistical chops, to review this in any sort of academic way. But if I am reading the study correctly (which I may not be), here are my quick observations:

--The study does not purport to test whether protest activity caused non-protesters to stay home, although the authors speculate that the protests could have had that effect.

--I don't know why the authors are measuring social mobility using median hours at home and median % of time spent at home rather than averages. Using medians rather than averages often is correct, but it isn't intuitive to me for this particular study. (There is probably some explanation that isn't occurring to me.)

--The effect of the protests on stay at home behavior was exceedingly modest. To the extent there was a downward trend, it is barely noticeable in the graphs. The effect was so modest that I doubt it was noticeable to the average person walking on the street.

--The trend seems to be largely, although not entirely, attributable to the curfews.

--A lot of the results were not statistically significant to a 95% confidence interval (which is the usual measure for academic work), especially after they controlled for curfews.

--Even if the very modest effects on social mobility described in the study had been known before the protests began, it would have not have been possible to draw a priori conclusions about the effect the protests would have on spread of the virus. That's because not all forms of social mobility carry equal risk of virus transmission. I'm sure the authors of the study would agree with this point.

--The effect of the protests on social mobility among non-protesters likely would have been even more muted had the protests occurred during a time when schools were open and in session.

--The study does not purport to measure, and could not measure, the effects that long-term protests would have on social mobility among non-protesters. Common sense suggests that, if the protests continued for a long time, any effect on social mobility among non-protesters would dissipate.

11 days for me. But my daughter's results came back in three days, even though she took the test at the same time and in the same place as me. Hard to make sense of that.

9-12 days last week in currently low positive rate western Massachusetts - I passed on testing & waiting, figuring that any other developing symptoms would manifest before the test results arrived which would lead to access to a more rapid test - but, my sore throat dissipated; for which I am thankful.

I'm a teacher. The day they tell me I'm going back into the classroom, I'm filling out my retirement papers. We're virtual through at least the 1st quarter.

Boston, about 105 miles east, is on some kind of Debbie Birks watch list - for whatever that's worth.

Here in Alberta you have two options. Make an appointment or just walk up.
My buddy just did a walk up and had to wait 75 minutes to get a throat swab and had his results in 3 days. He needed the test to visit his father in a seniors complex .