Coronavirus study that found US school closures cut life expectancy criticised by epidemiologist

Lead author of controversial paper making the claims says it has been through rigorous peer review'

A study that found US school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic cut the life expectancy of each child in primary school by an average of three months contains critically flawed assumptions" and clear mistakes in study design", according to a rebuttal led by an Australian epidemiologist.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on 12 November, was widely shared on social media including by scientists, doctors and policymakers and was covered in dozens of news stories.