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584. Examining School Closure Policies During the Pandemic: Untested Models vs. Empirical Evidence feat. David Zweig
How did political and social pressures affect public health decisions during the pandemic, and how did media reporting amplify those effects? What is the cost when experts detach from evidence-based medicine for policymaking and defer decisions to those without the proper expertise?David Zweig is a journalist, novelist, and musician. He is also the author of An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions.Greg and David discuss David’s journey from working on a different book during the pandemic to documenting the school closure policies and their…
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