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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine said people should still get flu shots even if this year’s vaccine doesn’t match the dominant strain. “Even in years where we have these antigenic mismatches, what we see is incredibly good protection against severe disease and death,” he said.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center commented on the history of violence in U.S. political discourse and its effect on the country. “We’ve normalized the language of vilification in politics by casting people who disagree with us as enemies, as opposed to people who have a philosophical disagreement, and then suggesting that they’re evil,” she said.
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Carolyn Kousky of the Wharton School discussed how “parametric insurance” benefits people after natural disasters. “With a parametric policy, the payout is only related to some independent measure of the disaster itself,” she said.
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Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine explained the science behind and advantages of mRNA-based vaccines. “With RNA, you only need the sequence of the protein of interest. Once you’ve got the sequence, you can make an RNA within days to weeks,” he said. “So, it’s very fast at responding to new pandemics, new emerging infections, and other potential diseases.”
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Adrian Raine of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine talks about his latest research on preventing violence by increasing nutritional supplement intake.