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February 2021

What do people mean by “lockdown”?
Not everything called a lockdown is a lockdown.
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A dialogue with Politicalmath
Almost two weeks ago, subscribers to Politicalmath’s substack were able to watch a dialogue I had with him about reconciliation, learning from opposing…
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Predictions for 2021
It's not fair I don't publish any potentially bad takes myself
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Counting by date of death
It always looks like the pandemic is ending
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January 2021

“3,000 people didn’t die yesterday—they were just reported dead”
A dumb COVID minimizer trope
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Cities are not “magically” opening up
Cases are down (for now)! This is good news!
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Make shit up, go viral
Kraken, QAnon, and why COVID misinformation is here to stay
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What’s changed?
One change: right-wing media amplifying liberal criticism of “lockdowns” as if Biden’s upcoming inauguration caused them
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Masks and counterfactuals
Why I don't post many “masks don’t work” takes
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Panic porn for me, but not for thee
The disturbing antivax turn of Alex Berenson
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The Politicalmath take
This post contains mostly meta commentary on my own account. Skippable.
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