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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Yeah this is true. Not to mention public transit and public schools, where the pandemic is still having reverberations. So while I'm arguing that these decisions were influenced by "politics", it's complex because political or ideological commitments tug in different directions. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NateSilver538 This was great reporting by @davidzweig. It's worth noting, though, that many extended closures in b… https://t.co/j2y25iUze1

Posted March 6, 2023

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@Wertwhile Bars and casinos are open but not schools? Months of recommendations about staying at home are reversed for the George Floyd protests? There's more than one political vector in play here (e.g. interest groups vs. self-interest vs. ideology/partisanship) but c'mon. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023

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If we zoom back to spring 2020, the most salient fact is that it's an election year, and people making public health decisions are mostly progressive Democrats (public health is very left-leaning). So "do opposite of Trump" is the most powerful heuristic. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 6, 2023