“negated”簡單造句，negated造句子

Another question is, how should the expression be negated?

If students congregate in a setting other than a school, they will continue to spread the virus, and the benefits of school closure will be greatly reduced, if not negated.

So if you negate that conclusion and took away the therefore, if you negated that conclusion the set would be inconsistent wouldn't it? And that shows you that that's a valid argument.