"Our research that says there is no impact on overall mortality in the US from COVID-19 is being used to back up baseless claims that the overall mortality from COVID-19 is small."
[until the lie became untenable] Briand explained the disappearance by saying that as a student newspaper, The News-Letter "simply rotates the articles it features on a weekly basis so as to showcase as many JHU students articles as possible."
"Our research that says there is no impact on overall mortality in the US from COVID-19 is being used to back up baseless claims that the overall mortality from COVID-19 is small."
Clown world.
https://retractionwatch.com/2020/11/27/johns-hopkins-student-newspaper-deletes-then-retracts-article-on-faculty-members-presentation-about-covid-19-deaths/
They added a giant note from the editor and made the study a downloadable PDF rather than an article.
DOH!!
They didn't dispute any of the data or conclusions, just that it hurt their feelings.