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February 11, 2021
“This is another case in which technology is expanding police capability without full public discussion about whether we want that. These are slippery slope types of technology,” said Kentaro Toyama, professor of information, on the fears of normalizing the use of drones and other increasingly enhanced surveillance systems by law enforcement.
Slate -
February 11, 2021
“Most of our problem now has dealt with who is to get the vaccine, whether people are jumping the queue, and none of this would be a problem if we had enough vaccine,” said Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology and global public health, who believes the U.S. needs to move past trying to convince COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant people to take the shot, and instead get two doses into those who really want it.
U.S. News & World Report -
February 10, 2021
“About half of the youth who die by suicide have never received any mental health services and some die on their first suicide attempt. We saw an urgent need to improve proactive, universal suicide screening of young people,” said Cheryl King, professor of psychiatry and psychology, whose research suggests that a universal screening tool can accurately determine an adolescent’s suicide risk.
HealthITAnalytics -
February 10, 2021
“I would love to see a push to radically reform how we fund foster care. And how we support families and invest in prevention in keeping kids safely with their families whenever possible,” said Vivek Sankaran, director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic at the Law School, on the creation of a new, bipartisan task force to address problems in Michigan’s adoption and foster care system.
Michigan Radio -
February 10, 2021
“People talk about how moms can lift a car off their children, but even though you can do it, it doesn’t mean you didn’t do damage to your body when lifting the car,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics. “2020 was like lifting a car off your kids; 2021 is going to have to be ‘How are those women able to heal?’”
The New York Times -
February 9, 2021
“These numbers are striking. If children are getting served this every day, the cumulative effects could be substantial,” said Sung Kyun Park, associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, commenting on a congressional report that found high levels of toxic metals in several top baby food brands.
The Wall Street Journal -
February 9, 2021
“I think the proper comparison here is someone who works in a lab, and their lab has been shut down. It just happens to be a lab that’s miles away on a mountain,” said Elena Gallo, associate professor of astronomy, referring to the widespread closure of astronomical observatories due to COVID-19 restrictions — forcing astronomers and astrophysicists to find new ways to continue their research.
Science Line -
February 9, 2021
Only Republican leaders can restore voters’ confidence in the security of U.S. elections, and only by firmly repudiating Donald Trump’s fraud claims, says Nicholas Valentino, professor of political science: “We’ve seen in many other countries how democracy fails, and it fails most often in this way because electoral outcomes are not considered legitimate by the citizens themselves.”
Reuters -
February 8, 2021
“What bothers me about the current (economic stimulus) debate … is that it sidesteps the huge intergenerational inequity. Children face the lowest risk of health damage from COVID-19, yet they will be the ones who have to pay off this extra federal debt when they are adults, even though we’ve made it harder for them to do so by wrecking a year of their education and social development,” said Hoyt Bleakley, professor of economics.
Newsweek -
February 8, 2021
“Ultimately, a lot of those same ideologies from the slave days really underlie these same kinds of ‘Karen’ practices, the idea that white people are superior and that there should be some natural order or that Black people for some reason are just nefarious. They’re born bad, and so they deserve to be patrolled,” said Apryl Williams, assistant professor of communication and media.
Harvard Law Today
