“This pandemic has been one giant stats class for everyone.” [0]

And as with most stats classes, participants either get frustrated or gain a false sense of proficiency because they believe that t-tests and normal distributions are all there is to statistics.

If you're interested in the study and its shortcomings mentioned in the news piece above [0], read this thread here [1]. The news piece puts - as happens all to often - more emphasis on controversy than on precisely conveying the pros and cons of the study.

[0] https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/20/feud-over-stanford-coronavirus-study-the-authors-owe-us-all-an-apology/
[1] https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1251332447691628545