# "In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lying About Lockdowns

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Podcast: [If Books Could Kill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/if-books-could-kill-5785510)
Published: 2025-06-17T09:00:00+00:00
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Two political scientists look back at a deadly pandemic and ask, "could we have done even less?" Where to find us: Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Year”The 2019 WHO report 30‐day mortality following COVID‐19COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventionsPolicy Interventions, Social Distancing, and SARS-CoV-2 Trans...

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