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September 30, 2021
“My hope is that people who are fully vaccinated should really feel like this risk is manageable,” said Preeti Malani, U-M’s chief health officer and professor of internal medicine. “What I am seeing in the hospital and what other hospitals are seeing in this area are some breakthrough cases, but they tend to be overwhelmingly in people who have underlying health conditions.”
National Public Radio -
September 29, 2021
Jennifer Erb-Downward, senior research associate at U-M’s Poverty Solutions, says 16 percent of Detroit families with children were homeless in the year before the pandemic, but city schools identified only 2 percent: “If you are not identifying children who are experiencing housing instability and homelessness, you’re fundamentally denying them their right to an education, because children who are experiencing homelessness have specific educational rights that go above and beyond what you would usually see.”
WDET Radio -
September 29, 2021
“What matters? Is it a career? Flexible time? Time with family? There’s a lot of discussion and thinking going on ‘What makes for a good life?’ And that, I don’t think, has landed on ‘Just be productive,’” said Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, professor of management and organizations, on how the pandemic may have redefined what it means to be productive, especially in light of the blurring of work-life boundaries.
The New York Times -
September 29, 2021
“We’re not turning them into vegans. We’re just saying, hey, eat something that is an average (carbon) footprint,” said Marty Heller, senior researcher at the Center for Sustainable Systems, whose research shows that 56 percent of the carbon footprint in all U.S. diets comes from meat, especially beef.
ABC News -
September 28, 2021
Research by Phillip Vlisides, assistant professor of anesthesiology, and colleagues found that COVID-19 patients who require intensive care are more likely to have delirium and other neurological symptoms. “This … highlights another reason why getting vaccinated and preventing severe illness is so important. There can be long-term neurological complications that perhaps we don’t talk about as much as we should.”
The Daily Mail (U.K.) -
September 28, 2021
Charles H.F. Davis III, assistant professor of education, says a new ACLU model policy for “racially just policing” on college campuses “misunderstands and misrepresents the problem” because such departments were, at their founding, rooted in racial inequity. “The fundamental premise of the document itself has to be challenged,” he said.
The Chronicle of Higher Education -
September 28, 2021
“Fill and finish, which is where you put the (COVID-19) vaccine dose in a vial, is the constraining capacity in the world right now to get enough vaccines out. And so if you begin to do single doses, that’s a challenge,” said Ravi Anupindi, professor of technology and operations, on the demands of state officials to receive smaller, single-dose vials instead of larger, multidose vials prone to waste but manufactured more quickly.
NBC News -
September 27, 2021
“Social divisions over masking and vaccines are hobbling Michigan’s efforts to address statewide public health challenges presented by the pandemic, from school-based outbreaks to surges that threaten hospital capacity and push doctors, nurses and health care providers to the breaking point,” Tom Ivacko, executive director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Detroit Free Press -
September 27, 2021
“We knew nothing about (COVID-19) when it first emerged, and all we could do is speculate and make our best sort of educated guess,” said Kristen Padilla, clinical instructor of pediatrics. “I think the public needs to know that, as doctors and scientists, we are still learning a lot about this, and we’re only trying to give people the best information we have.”
The Detroit News -
September 27, 2021
Bogdan Popa, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, believes that echolocation — a technique used by dolphins, bats and whales to navigate their terrain, find food and avoid predators — could improve the navigation safety of autonomous vehicles. “Animals have the amazing ability to find their way using sound. We want to develop a sensor that uses sound like animals,” he said.
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