"In Covid's Wake" Part 2: Wrong About The Right

Last episode we met two Princeton political scientists who are bad at virology. Today we learn that they are also bad at political science. Where to find us: Peter's newsletter Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Year” Jonathan Howard’s “We Want Them Infected” How the Pandemic Defeated America COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions US State Restrictions and Excess COVID-19 Pandemic Deaths Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions Policy Interventions, Social Distancing, and SARS-CoV-2 Transmission The Impact of Vaccines and Behavior on US Cumulative Deaths Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates Report for the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry The Effectiveness Of Government Masking Mandates School closures during COVID-19 COVID-19–Related School Closures The Effects of School Closures on COVID‑19 Higher COVID-19 Deaths with Later School Closure in the United States Reopening America’s Schools Reading literacy decline in Europe DeSantis vs. Newsom Red States Have Seen Less Learning Loss Political partisanship and mobility restriction Republicans Aren’t New To The Anti-Vaxx Movement KFF poll on anti-vaxx beliefs Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

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"In Covid's Wake" Part 2: Wrong About The Right is an episode from If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri.

This episode is 70:19 long.

This episode was published on Jun 19, 2025.

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