In the News
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March 12, 2021
“If an online platform wants to have a policy that it will delete certain kinds of tweets, delete certain kinds of users, forbid certain kinds of content, that is in the exercise of their right as an information distributer. And the idea that you would create a cause of action that would allow people to sue when that happens is deeply problematic under the First Amendment,” said Len Niehoff, professor from practice at the Law School.
The Associated Press -
March 11, 2021
History is littered with similar stories “of a sudden onset of a devastating illness with a fairly high mortality rate that spreads rapidly,” said Powel Kazanjian, professor of internal medicine, epidemiology and history. Martin Pernick, professor emeritus of history, said, “Many of the responses to COVID-19 would look very familiar to somebody who survived the 1918 influenza epidemic.” But Joel Howell, professor of history, internal medicine, and health management and policy, said, “The difference for this pandemic is we’ve got such a hotbed of conspiracy theories. I don’t think in 1918 there was this notion the government was hiding something.”
MLive -
March 11, 2021
“Our employers have for too long treated a gap in one’s work history as a character flaw. Time out for caregiving is not a character flaw, and Congress and the administration should work with employers to ensure that those who have stepped out of the labor force have a path back to employment at wage and responsibility levels commensurate with their experience,” said Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics.
POLITICO -
March 11, 2021
Joelle Abramowitz, assistant research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, says patients are more likely to skip or delay routine medical care when premiums and deductibles are too high: “Having coverage literally saves people’s lives. Even if you’re not sick today you could be sick tomorrow. And people don’t seek preventative care; they don’t seek care when they need it, because of cost, if they don’t have coverage.”
Michigan News Connection -
March 10, 2021
“As devastating as this year has been for large swaths of the economy … the biotech industry has really continued to thrive. … So we’ve seen a lot of activity in our biotech startup portfolio. We’ve seen a number of acquisitions of our life science startup companies … a number of new strategic alliances announced,” said Kelly Sexton, associate vice president for research – technology transfer and innovation.
Crain's Detroit Business -
March 10, 2021
“Bringing your weight down may not help you avoid COVID-19 completely, but it can certainly play a role in reducing the chances you’ll have severe complications if you get it,” said Kanakadurga Singer, associate professor of pediatrics, and molecular and integrative physiology.
Times of India -
March 10, 2021
“To many feminist legal scholars, the law’s failure to regard sexual fraud as a crime — when fraud elsewhere, such as fraud in business transactions, is taken to invalidate legal consent — shows that we are still beholden to an antiquated notion that rape is primarily a crime of force committed against a chaste, protesting victim, rather than primarily a violation of the right to control access to one’s body on one’s own terms,” wrote Roseanna Sommers, assistant professor of law.
The New York Times -
March 9, 2021
Josh Petrie, research assistant professor of epidemiology, says getting a vaccine shouldn’t instill a false sense of security: “The bigger point is we don’t know much at all about what happens if you’re (vaccinated and then exposed to the virus). … Because we still do have concerning levels of cases out in the community, we’re not at a point yet where we can stop masks and social distancing in general.”
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March 9, 2021
“There’s this sentiment that people who go through employment instability are automatically going to become more economically rational and that they’re going to prioritize finding a job and salary. But, what I found is people who encounter this kind of employment instability as a result of COVID are actually more likely to value passion and value work-family balance in a job,” said Erin Cech, assistant professor of sociology.
Refinery29 -
March 9, 2021
“I often am approached by both parents and teens who believe vaping cannabis is ‘OK’ and better than smoking,'” said Carol Boyd, professor emeritus of nursing and women’s studies. “My reaction: ‘You are fooling yourself. We know that inhaling hot tobacco/cannabis smoke into your lungs is unhealthy. … And yet, you seem to believe that heating chemicals into a vapor and inhaling them is healthy?‘”
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