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September 22, 2021
“The mandate is actually good for business. The return of delta has caused the recovery to stall. If we get rid of delta, we get the recovery back,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics, who believes that a federal vaccination mandate to combat COVID-19’s delta variant will prove critical to getting the country back on solid financial footing.
NBC News -
September 22, 2021
“Institutions considering allowing students to opt out of data sharing should consider very carefully whether this may create or further amplify inequities faced by learners. … The problem is that those students who choose to opt out (or decide not to opt in) may differ systematically, such that the conclusions or actions taken based on the data will unfairly bias one of the groups of students,” wrote Christopher Brooks, assistant professor of information.
Inside Higher Ed -
September 22, 2021
“If small businesses do not recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the rest of the economy won’t either,” co-wrote Terri Friedline, associate professor of social work. “While the Small Business Administration’s direct-lending proposal isn’t the splashiest, it could power an equitable economic recovery by supporting the potential of existing businesses and budding entrepreneurs.”
MarketWatch -
September 21, 2021
“The president campaigned on ‘No one under $400,000 gets a tax increase,’” said James Hines, professor of economics and law, and research director at the Office of Tax Policy Research. “This has tightly constrained every policy decision (Democrats) have made. They want to be able to say they lived up to that promise.”
CNBC -
September 21, 2021
“Our findings suggest that many gas giants may form with extremely oxygen-poor (carbon-rich) atmospheres, challenging current expectations of planet compositions,” Arthur Bosman, research fellow in astronomy, whose research focuses on the precursors of massive Jupiter-like planets, in which elements like carbon and oxygen seemed to be much rarer than compounds like methane.
Space.com -
September 21, 2021
“It’s important for kids to be able to go back to school, but we want to make that as safe as we possibly can. And so, I do think that the increases in transmission that we’ve been seeing are a number of outbreaks of the increases in cases among the 0-to-18 age groups. Those are worrying trends,” said Marisa Eisenberg, associate professor of epidemiology, mathematics and complex systems.
Michigan Radio -
September 20, 2021
“We definitely see the strengths of the social media aspect of it. I think with COVID, TikTok has taken off to a whole different level so anything to try to get people motivated, to try to get people informed about it, that’s really helpful,” said Roshanak Mehdipanah, assistant professor of health behavior and health education.
Detroit Free Press -
September 20, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy may be informed by a history of medical abuse — which also included forced sterilization — in some communities of color, says Alexandra Minna Stern, professor of history, American culture and women’s and gender studies. Fertility and reproduction is “symbolically and physically connected to the future — the future of certain communities and whether or not they’re being supported and can thrive, or whether or not they’re being curtailed and controlled,” she said.
PBS NewsHour -
September 20, 2021
“Some of the issues at hand are structural issues, things that are built into the fabric of society,” said Enrique Neblett, professor of health behavior and health education, on the highly disproportionate toll COVID-19 has taken on communities of color. “It’s not just that simple as, ‘Oh, you just put on your mask, and we’ll all be good.’ It’s more complicated than that.”
The Washington Post -
September 17, 2021
Serious cardiac problems after COVID-19 are rare in young athletes and, in most cases, the fear of heart problems should not be a deterrent to being physically active, says Keri Denay, associate professor of family medicine: “The last thing we want is for people to sit on the couch and do nothing, because that’s going to have a detrimental impact on their overall health.”
USA Today
