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!