WHAT DID THE JOHNS HOPKINS STUDY SAY?

UNI reported that another “similar study” by Johns Hopkins was also presented to the Prime Minister. Two months ago, Newsroom Post, Web Dunia, and The Pioneer wrongly hailed Uttar Pradesh as a topper in COVID management citing a report by Johns Hopkins. Dr David Peters, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Department of International Health, who is one of the authors of the study, had refuted claims made by Indian media.

(Link https://www.altnews.in/did-john-hopkins-hail-up-among-toppers-in-managing-covid-across-the-world/)

“The case study covered activities in UP from January 30, 2020, to January 15, 2021, and aimed to document the range of actions taken in Uttar Pradesh in response to COVID-19 and to identify lessons for how to respond in resource-constrained settings. As you can see in the report itself, the case study did not make comparisons to other countries or states, nor make claims about which states or countries are top performers,” he told Alt News.

In the month of April, two studies were incorrectly projected by the media as studies by Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University lauding the UP government for managing the migrant crisis and COVID-19 better than other states. These claims were further amplified on social media and WhatsApp. The study that was falsely attributed to Harvard especially gained a lot of traction with even prominent journalists tweeting about it. However, neither the claims nor the attribution was correct. Despite clarifications published two months ago, UP CM Yogi Adityanath presented these studies to the Home Minister, the President and the Prime Minister. The false claims were also repeated on a WhatsApp group where the UP government communicates with journalists.

Full story :- https://www.altnews.in/up-cm-presents-study-incorrectly-attributed-to-harvard-to-pm-modi-amit-shah-jp-nadda/