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In a new piece at Nature's npjVaccines, I argue that COVID vaccine hesitancy may be “spilling over” to shape public support for vaccination in other areas; especially in red states.
This may thereby create an incentive for politicians to pass policies that weaken vaccine mandates.
I also discuss how to effectively study “politicized COVID vax. spillover” in future longitudinal, experimental, and correlational research.
Free to read at the link below!
Public Health Post Essay Contest!
per PHP:
"The limit is 800 words and the deadline is Friday, January 20, 2023, at noon. The winner will receive $250, and have their essay published in Public Health Post, after editorial review."
https://twitter.com/pubhealthpost/status/1604884262641098754?s=46&t=W89b13WRofggWTeASCRsVw
I support BUSPH's decision to disengage from Twitter.
As a jr. scholar, Twitter helped me share work and exchange ideas with folks doing research across the social sciences. I really value the co-authorships and friendships I've built because of Twitter.
I'm still grappling with how I want to navigate my own presence there. But, I support anyone who "draws a line in the sand" at Elon Musk using the platform to attack public health, and denigrate its practitioners.
https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/reconsidering-our-engagement-with-twitter
NEW at the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law. (From K. Goidel, T. Callaghan, T. Nuzhath, A. Spiegelman, J. Scobee, and I).
We show that physicians' partisan commitments influence media consumption habits, which in turn shape a wide range of #COVID19 attitudes.
Free to read at the link below! 👇
The Mastodon political science community is scattered across multiple servers. That is fine!
However, one way to keep connected is by the use of *a group*
So, please, all political scientists, follow this group get all political science posts: @politicalscience
And tag the group to share with us all, if you want to spread messages across the entire political science community.
BUT it only works if people follow the group. So, please boost to spread the word! 🙏
Any good quotes about the importance of concessions from Rs since Tuesday night? Have been highlighting concessions in thread below but especially interested in people affirming the value of the act itself like Tim Ryan
Important - we need every losing candidate to affirm the legitimacy of the result and to concede with grace https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1590155425730940929
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BrendanNyhan/status/1590161297127022593
60+: House seats that flipped from D->R in 2010
~30: Avg. flips following change in exec. branch control
20+: flips Kevin McCarthy defined as a "red wave."
8-16: likely flips, this cycle
I reflected on what we've learned so far about the state of the American electorate, and what we've yet to learn, for BU Today. Available at the link below!
NEW from Salil Benegal and I at Social Science Quarterly:
We show that racial prejudice is associated w/ confidence in (highly-racialized) #COVID19 & climate misinformation, but plays less of role in shaping opinions on less-racialized policy issues.
Michael Bang Petersen
Sarah Gollust
Brendan Nyhan
