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January 29, 2021
“I do not think that we are on the final decline of the epidemic,” said Andrew Brouwer, assistant research scientist in epidemiology. “It will be challenging for the Biden administration to move the cultural needle, but we’ll need to maintain precautions throughout the vaccination campaign.”
Newsweek -
January 29, 2021
“Four years ago, we could not have guessed that rioters with Nazi symbols would break into the Capitol to subvert a fairly elected president. None of us can afford to be a bystander to history,” wrote Irene Butters, professor emerita of health management and policy and a Holocaust survivor.
CNN -
January 28, 2021
As the Biden administration seeks to reinvigorate a national science and technology strategy, giving people more involvement in decision-making about what research is prioritized and how it is carried out could help “align government’s values with citizens’ values,” says Shobita Parthasarathy, professor of public policy.
Axios -
January 28, 2021
“I definitely wouldn’t rule out the possibility that the economy comes roaring back later this year. There’s going to come a time when people are going to want to be out having fun and spending money,” said economist Michael McWilliams of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.
MLive -
January 28, 2021
“We all want children back in school. I think this pandemic has shown just how important schools are. But … we want children and teachers back safely. … We need to get teachers vaccinated immediately,” said Elizabeth Birr Moje, dean of the School of Education.
WDET Radio -
January 27, 2021
“Francis Scott Key would not feel betrayed,” said Mark Clague, associate professor of musicology, who asserts that social awareness is basically what the national anthem was meant to inspire, and that the country’s professed ideals cut to the heart of recent protests and the negative reaction the protests generate.
Lexington (Ky.) Herald -
January 27, 2021
“Understanding whether it’s different individuals within a community or different communities themselves … which are more willing to accept this kind of infrastructure and which are not, I think, is going to help align future policies,” said Sarah Mills, senior project manager at the Graham Sustainability Institute and the Ford School of Public Policy’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, whose research shows that certain characteristics of a community predict how well wind turbines will be received.
Grist -
January 27, 2021
Jon Zelner, assistant professor of epidemiology, says there is too little scientific data to know whether curfews are effective in combating the coronavirus, but that such coercive measures rarely work in the long run: “One of the things I worry about with relatively vague or poorly reasoned orders is that it erodes the trust people need to have to follow these.”
The New York Times -
January 26, 2021
“This is the most fraught, controversial issue in my 45 years in tobacco control, it has torn the field asunder,” said Ken Warner, dean emeritus of public health, regarding the debate in which some researchers see vaping as a useful way to reduce harm to existing smokers, while others argue it is too dangerous and will lead a new generation to start smoking.
WIRED -
January 26, 2021
“I think we can probably all ubiquitously say that before the presidency, the name Trump stood in for wealth. It stood in for business, and for being business savvy,” said Marcus Collins, lecturer of marketing. “In the last two years of his presidency, his brand has stood for other things: the divisiveness, the misogyny, the xenophobia and the racism — all of these things that he’s demonstrated in his time in office.”
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