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April 21, 2021
Elizabeth Birr Moje, professor and dean of the School of Education, says Michigan’s “frighteningly high” retirement projections suggest many teachers have reached a breaking point: “If they aren’t in classrooms, they’re getting yelled at in the popular imagination; if they are in classrooms, they are basically doing twice the work as they were pre-pandemic, because there are very few teachers who are teaching completely in person.”
Detroit Free Press -
April 21, 2021
“There’s actually considerable historical support that what this means is they get to serve for the term of their appointment, and that term of their appointment could be decided by Congress,” said Leah Litman, assistant professor of law, on a provision in the Constitution that states federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, hold their office “during good behavior” — a provision that does not explicitly use the words “life term.”
USA Today -
April 21, 2021
“Being vaccinated does mean that you can begin to engage in limited low-risk activities without a mask … (but) given the high number of COVID-19 cases and community transmission in Michigan at this time, there is a good chance you may encounter someone who has COVID infection in public so you should limit interactions with large groups of people and wear your mask in public,” said Laraine Washer, associate professor of internal medicine.
The Detroit News -
April 20, 2021
“(If) we can get 60-70 percent of the adult population vaccinated, we’re going to be good to go. Yes, we are going to see outbreaks and hospitalizations, but we aren’t going to see these huge waves coming across the country. It all comes down to immunization. The fact that these vaccines have been developed so quickly is truly a miracle,” said James Baker, professor emeritus of internal medicine and biomedical engineering.
Vogue -
April 20, 2021
“Narcissists tend to be very charming and outgoing, and they can make very good first impressions. But they also tend to be somewhat disagreeable, lacking in empathy and manipulative,” said Robin Edelstein, professor of psychology. “I think the best strategy for dealing with narcissists may be to try to understand … that much of their behavior comes from deep-seated insecurities and attempts to minimize their own vulnerabilities.”
BBC -
April 20, 2021
Simple changes to U.S. diets may help save water, say Martin Heller, a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Systems, and colleagues. Each person’s impact on water scarcity is based on what we eat, water used in food production and water scarcity in the regions where they were farmed, they say. Chicken, peanuts, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and peas have low impact, while beef, tree nuts, asparagus, broccoli and cauliflower are high.
New Scientist -
April 19, 2021
“If the level of polarization that we saw in the previous few years continues or exacerbates, you can imagine a world where we separate not just into red states and blue states, but red companies and blue companies,” said Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, who believes it will become ever more difficult for corporations to maintain the apolitical stances they have tried to project in the past.
Voice of America -
April 19, 2021
“The U.S. should have an environmental policy that works for all Indigenous people … a strong policy for consulting Indigenous people on environmental matters that affect them,” said Kyle Whyte, professor of environment and sustainability and a member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
Bridge Magazine -
April 19, 2021
Even before the pandemic, the suicide risk was twice as high among female nurses compared with American women as a whole, according to research by Matthew Davis, associate professor of nursing, and colleagues: “It could be related to high job demands, lower autonomy compared to physicians, avoidance of mental health services for fear of stigma, greater access to the means to complete suicide.”
U.S. News & World Report -
April 16, 2021
“There is definitely an increase in the total number of patients that are coming to the ER, both on the pediatric side and the adult side,” said Prashant Mahajan, professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics and division chief of children’s emergency medicine at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. “We are seeing the number of patients who are getting admitted who had a baseline illness, like say for example, asthma or Crohn’s disease, increase. Those patients are now coming in with COVID.”
Bridge Magazine
