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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine said there’s no guarantee that a booster shot retooled to target the delta variant would work better than a general COVID-19 vaccine booster.
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A team of researchers led by Ping Wang of the Perelman School of Medicine is developing a more accurate rapid test for COVID-19 that uses smart phone cameras. “The PCR is great. It's sensitive, but at the same time it's only residing in the core laboratories,” she said. “So, you can't really do PCR at home for most settings.”
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Thea Gallagher of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about “reentry anxiety” and offered tips for managing these feelings. “Start thinking about ways you can make that reentry less like you're jumping into an ice bath and more like you're wading into water,” she said.
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Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the efficacy of incentives in combatting vaccine hesitancy among Americans. "A donut or a ticket is not going to address their concerns," she said. "We’re still going to need other interventions."
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Josephine Park of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the history of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. and the model-minority myth.
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Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design said some states’ federal rental-assistance programs are hiring extra staff and simplifying applications in order to meet demand. Still, he said, “There's only so efficient you can get when you’re requiring people to submit documents.”
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Diana Mutz of the Annenberg School for Communication and School of Arts & Sciences offered advice for discussing politics with those who have different views. “It’s better for people to take turns, let the other person speak, don’t interrupt, just focus on listening. And then let them, you know, have a turn to do the same,” she said.
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Claire Finkelstein of the Law School commented on this week’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity from subpoenas. "The Court has now said, guess what, it is constitutionally permissible to investigate a sitting president," she said. "And that has the backward implications that it is also potentially constitutionally permissible to indict a sitting president."
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Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing said an indoor political rally in the middle of a pandemic is “a terrible idea. I would be saying that if it was Joe Biden’s rally; I’d be saying it if a dog catcher candidate was holding a rally,” she said.
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Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences commented on the public response to the police killing of George Floyd. "What we are seeing is the latest incident of the perpetuation of white supremacy in this country, and it's there and everywhere for everybody to see. We should not be so angry at the people being angry because they have a reason to be angry,” she said.