Why Expert Advice about COVID Keeps Changing — It’s Called Science, and It’s What Republicans are Ignoring

Image by the author — adapted from Jan 22, 2022, CDC COVID-19 Total Death Count Maps

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been plenty of debate about how quickly to resume business as usual in U.S. schools, workplaces, and places of worship. Many right-leaning Americans have argued that progressive Democrats are needlessly ruining both the U.S. economy and the U.S…