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We @NNSWIndia, write regarding the recent study titled ‘Modelling the Effect of Continued Closure of Red-Light Areas on COVID-19 Transmission in India’ (2020)

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authored by Dr. Sudhakar V. Nuti at Harvard Medical School, along with Jeffrey P. Townsend,Alison P. Galvani, Abhishek Pandey, Pratha Sah, and Chad Wells at the Yale School of Public Health.

NNSW's full letter to the study researchers here. https://medium.com/@nnswdelhi/sexworkersadviseharvardyale-827861f37968

The study recommends shutting down our Red- Light areas to reduce the number of new COVID-19 cases by 72% & deaths by 63%, & recommends keeping them closed indefinitely.

NNSW's full letter to the study researchers here. https://medium.com/@nnswdelhi/sexworkersadviseharvardyale-827861f37968

Researchers and epidemiologists from India say that this study lacks rigorous methodology and transparency, misleading assumptions about sex work. WE say that the researchers have NO IDEA that sex work does not happen only in red light areas. https://bit.ly/sexworkersadviseharvardyale

We KNOW they are wrong!! The study was released in the Indian media in a sensational manner, leading to dozens of news reports with headlines such as this one, “Keep red light areas closed post- coronavirus lockdown: Yale School of Medicine.” https://bit.ly/sexworkersadviseharvardyale

NNSW demands that this paper be retracted until it has been peer-reviewed and made publicly available to sex workers and researchers from India, for critique.

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