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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Sophia Rosenfeld of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the concept of truth and its role in democracy. The founding fathers “talked a lot about truth and claimed to have a big commitment to a government that both was founded on truth and would help produce truth,” she said. “But here’s the catch: they never gave any one body or person or even method as the way of getting there.”
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Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences and other experts discussed capitalism. “What we need is to actually rein in some of the free market fundamentalist ideology, which has led us down a path where a lot of people are pretty miserable,” she said.
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Katy Milkman of the Wharton School was interviewed about using incentives to motivate people to get vaccinated. “The focus is not on the adamant folks who are absolutely against it; it's rather on everyone else,” she said.
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Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the tough working conditions faced by long-haul truckers. "We have millions of people who have been trained to be heavy duty truck drivers who are currently not working as heavy duty truck drivers because the entry-level jobs are terrible," he said.
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Eve Higginbotham of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed how the pandemic has affected the careers of women in STEMM, as well as what support institutions can offer.
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Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication weighed in on the future of the Chicago Tribune.
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PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel spoke about so-called “vaccine passports” and privacy. “In public health there’s a principle that you should use the least restrictive method necessary,” he said. “This allows us to say, ‘Those people who’ve gotten vaccinated, you don’t have to adhere to certain restrictions because you are now immune.’”
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John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine weighed in on reports that COVID-19 vaccines have alleviated symptoms in patients with long COVID. "Right now, we have anecdotes. We'd love it to be true. Let's wait for some real data," says Wherry.
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Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences weighed in on the Pennsylvania Senate’s decision to halt an emergency measure that would have amended the state constitution to allow childhood sexual abuse survivors to pursue civil cases against their abusers. “What we’re hearing [from victims] is that this is just a roller coaster and enough,” says Hamilton.
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PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel recommended that travelers wear N95 masks and spend time outdoors in areas with good ventilation, including for meals.