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December 16, 2021
“Maybe the pace of inflation will diminish without the need for anything more than a small interest-rate increase, one consistent with continuing employment gains and high asset prices. But I doubt it,” wrote Joshua Hausman, associate professor of public policy. “The omicron variant — and the international response to its discovery — leads me to believe that COVID-related disruptions to the economy may well last for years, not months.”
The Atlantic -
December 15, 2021
“Schools really need to have a lot more mental health counseling available. I know school psychologists are slammed and are absolutely overwhelmed, particularly when it gets to the high school level,” said Sandra Graham-Bermann, professor of psychology. Joanna Quigley, clinical associate professor of psychiatry, says there are warning signs that a child is in distress that parents should be monitoring: changes in mood, behavior and physical health.
Michigan Advance -
December 15, 2021
“It’s unvaccinated people who are going to be at the worst risk for the worst outcomes. And it’s also going to be the folks who don’t have the ability or the luxury to quarantine or just kind of hide out when it looks like the numbers are getting too high,” said Jon Zelner, professor of epidemiology, on the potential fallout of the omicron variant, especially in low-vaccine areas and in rural, poor and minority communities.
The Atlantic -
December 15, 2021
“It’s a false sense of security in thinking we can waste food because we’re composting it,” said Shelie Miller, professor of environment and sustainability and director of the Program in Environment. “Reducing your overall edible food waste is much more important, because composting doesn’t eliminate the much bigger upstream environmental impacts associated with growing food.”
Consumer Reports -
December 14, 2021
“Vaccination is the only way out of this pandemic,” said Marschall Runge, CEO of Michigan Medicine, dean of the Medical School and executive vice president for medical affairs. “The unvaccinated are … risking the lives of others who may die of preventable diseases who can’t get their needed health care.” David Miller, president of U-M Health, says staffing shortages also impact hospitals’ ability to manage the latest surge — closed beds, canceled surgeries, no new patient transfers, overflowing emergency rooms: “This is not how we or anyone wants to provide or receive health care.”
Detroit Free Press -
December 14, 2021
“It’s easy to get lost in procedure and technicalities but this case is very much about whether innocent people will be able to present evidence of their innocence to a court,” said Imran Syed, co-director of the Law School’s Michigan Innocence Clinic, on a U.S. Supreme Court case filed by two death row prisoners who say they face execution because they had bad lawyers.
Bloomberg Law -
December 14, 2021
Before the pandemic, the idea of “smart cities” encountered resistance in parts of the world, but people have been more accepting of intrusive technology deployed against COVID-19, says Ben Green, assistant professor of public policy: Such emergencies “can be moments where governments roll out new invasive forms of data collection and it just becomes the new normal.”
Los Angeles Times -
December 13, 2021
“Between the two 20th-century world wars, the Black women who moved to France from the United States, the French Caribbean and Africa found that freedom from segregation and colonialism came at a price. In the eyes of many white French people, they were either invisible, blending into the landscape as low-wage workers, or else hypervisible, as exotic curiosities,” wrote Annette Joseph-Gabriel, associate professor of French.
The Washington Post -
December 13, 2021
“From a finance and economics perspective, all that’s happened is revenues are going up, and coaches contribute to an activity that’s making more money. The competitive process brings part of that to them in terms of higher pay. It’s the way it’s always happened — it’s the way it’s always going to happen,” said Rodney Fort, professor of sports management, on the massive contracts for college football coaches.
Inside Higher Ed -
December 13, 2021
Although rates have dropped, auto insurance in Michigan remains more expensive than in any other state, according to a Poverty Solutions report by Amanda Nothaft, senior data and evaluation manager, and Patrick Cooney, assistant director of policy impact. They recommend the state Legislature require insurers to provide more coverage options, prevent discriminatory rate-setting practices and revisit the reimbursement rates for long-term care services.
The Detroit News
