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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 -
December 10, 2021
Speaking openly about feelings of pain, uncertainty and grief is an important step in helping children process their own emotions, says Nasuh Malas, associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, commenting on the recent Oxford school shooting. “It can be simply checking in and asking how things are going, how they are experiencing recent events,” he said.
WXYZ/Detroit -
December 10, 2021
“Not only could Homo sapiens generalize and expand across the world, but specific populations could also specialize in certain environments. Together, this allowed our ancestors to thrive in the face of climatic and environmental variability,” said Brian Stewart, assistant professor of anthropology, who argues our Homo sapiens ancestors set themselves apart by developing a new ecological niche.
New Scientist -
December 10, 2021
“The pandemic is not over — stress levels are higher than ever. Life has not gone back to normal for a lot of people. The overall message here is not to delay care and not to wait for emergencies to happen: Work on prevention, prevention, prevention,” said Salim Hayek, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, on research that shows that blood pressure among U.S. adults rose in 2020 — a sign of COVID-19’s hidden toll.
The Washington Post -
December 9, 2021
“What has been characterized for a long time is the energies (of the electrons). That’s the basis for all electronics. But now, with quantum information technology, the next level is to go beyond that and eventually get these (wave function) phases,” said Mackillo Kira, professor of physics, and electrical engineering and computer science, on the first-ever experimental reconstruction of a quantum wave function.
Scientific American
