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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Mitchell Berman of the Law School said the Supreme Court could concur with Republican lawmakers’ concerns about a provision in the recently passed American Rescue Plan that forbids states from using aid money to offset tax cuts.
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Albert Hunt of the Annenberg School for Communication wrote an op-ed about the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, which has persisted since 2001. “On May 1, 2022, we’ll hear the same arguments: just a little more time,” he wrote. “Shades of Vietnam.”
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James Alwine of the Perelman School of Medicine co-authored an op-ed about how mass vaccination and continued vigilance can help bring an end to the pandemic.
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Dan Treglia of the School of Social Policy & Practice co-authored an op-ed calling for policymakers to invest in the U.S.’s human infrastructure: economy-sustaining low-wage workers. “Going back to the pre-COVID-19 status quo, in which nearly half of U.S. households and many of our essential workers were already struggling, cannot be the goal,” they wrote. “The recovery needs to restructure our economy so that it prioritizes the economic security, health, and safety of all people.”
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Norma B. Coe of the Perelman School of Medicine wrote about the importance of comprehensive reform for long-term care of the elderly.
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Shoshana V. Aronowitz of the Perelman School of Medicine co-authored an op-ed about recent changes to an HHS requirement that, prior to the shift, did not allow physicians to prescribe buprenorphine without completing mandatory certificate training. The change doesn’t go far enough, the authors say, because it “does not include advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants—clinicians vital to the opioid use disorder treatment workforce.”
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David Hoffman of the Law School said Parler’s lawsuit against Amazon has been weakened because Amazon had warned the social media platform about violating the terms of their agreement prior to terminating the account. “There have been repeated warnings over time about Parler’s failure to comply with Amazon’s terms of use,” Hoffman said. “Given those repeated warnings over time, it’s sort of rich to say, ‘You didn’t give us enough time.’”
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E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine expressed skepticism about assertions that coronavirus survivors may not need a second dose of the vaccine because they already have antibodies. “Just because an antibody binds to a part of the virus does not mean it’s going to protect you from being infected,” he said.
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Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School commented on the hiring of in-house medical professionals by companies. “I think it’s smart. Companies are thinking about bringing more employees back to work. They are concerned about getting sued by employees, so they need credible advice,” he said. “They also want to assure employees—maybe customers in some cases as well—that what they are doing is safe. A chief medical officer looks credible, more so than getting advice from outside consultants.”
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Allison Hoffman of the Law School weighed in on potential objections to a workplace COVID-19 vaccination requirement. “I think a lot of this will come down to how aggressive employers are with mandates, how are people feeling about the vaccine, how much time will there be for people to get comfortable with the vaccine. I think if employees feel safe, it will reduce the expansionary effect,” she said.