UW News
Nancy Fullman
October 1, 2021
Politics, health data held almost equal sway in states’ COVID-19 restrictions
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New research by the University of Washington shows that states eased pandemic restrictions, such as gathering limits and business closures, based on politics as much as COVID-19 death rates or case counts.