7 Science Bends to Politics: Covid’s Muddled Origins

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Illustrations & tables xiii
4. Preface and acknowledgments xv
5. 1 Democracy under Covid 1
6. 2 “Following the Science” before Covid 27
7. 3 Turning on a Dime: embracing China’s covid model 50
8. 4 Partisan Pandemic: stigmatizing disagreement 92
9. 5 Laboratories of Democracy? 124
10. 6 Pay Any Price: ignoring the costs of covid policy 164
11. 7 Science Bends to Politics: Covid’s Muddled Origins 202
12. 8 Politicized Science: of masks and mandates 233
13. 9 Noble Lies? public health mis-and disinformation under covid 253
14. 10 Concluding Reflections: learning from the politics of crisis 287
15. Notes 301
16. Index 365