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So @UKHofficial did have a look at my paper on #EOHO and #COVID19 - they have gone to some lengths to try to cast doubt about my research, the methods & results (see ukhospitality.org.uk/page/SafeReope…). So here are their point-by-point lines of attack on my work and my response. Thread 🧵⬇️ 
Point 1: Misunderstanding the research design and aggregate data fallacy 1/
Point 2: Actually, EOHO did not increase restaurant visits that much. 2/
Big thanks @MESandbu for including @rebulidmacro in last week’s @FT Opinion piece ft.com/content/5a92d0… pointing out we start from ‘different assumptions’ abt how world works & leads us to depart from ‘methodological respectability’. Here’s a follow up w/ examples. 1/n
Let’s start with a reminder @ESRC 2016 call: an interdisciplinary research network to promote methodological innovation & develop pilot studies to test ground & demonstrate value of larger scale initiative 2/n
Looking across 37 pilot studies, over 52 papers (so far) & many workshops we see two common observations on social reality: (1) we are social animals, (2) radical uncertainty is ubiquitous. These are @rebulidmacro’s ‘different assumptions’ 3/n
Today I m sharing another paper on unintended consequences of a UK policy which makes me cringe at how my tax money is spent all the while debating #FreeSchoolMeals "Subsidizing the spread of COVID-19: Evidence from the UK’s #EOHO scheme". ➡️ bit.ly/3ed5Slo a thread🧵⬇️
The EOHO scheme was conceived to help the hard-hit restaurant businesses in the UK in the wake of 1st #COVID19 wave. The scheme cut the cost of meals & non-alcoholic drinks by up to 50% across tens of thousands of participating restaurants in the UK from 3 to 31 August 2020. 1...
