4/22
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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‘COVID shame’ is becoming more common during omicron spike
Hillary Ammon of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the shame and guilt that sometimes accompany a COVID-19 diagnosis. “I like to tell clients that I am working with that they made the best decision they could with the information they had at that present time,” she said. “Additionally, reminding them that their risk and safety calculations are personal and unique to their life circumstances.”
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How lessons we learned from the AIDS crisis can help us with COVID-19
Robert Gross of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the early years of the AIDS crisis. “Just like how AIDS had to do with judgmentalism and mores related to gay sex and injection drug use, well, now Trump is using masks as a political message to say if you support him and the job he is doing then you don’t have to wear a mask. Or when he says we are ’rounding the corner.’ Well, now we are having a third peak as cases are rising in much of the country,” he said.
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Social media vs. video games: Not all screen time is equal
Melissa Hunt of the School of Arts and Sciences commented on a study that found a difference in the way social media impacts mental health, as compared to video games. “The vast majority of kids play the games socially, either physically side by side with friends or joining friends via headset. Skills (both technical and social) are rewarded, just like on a playing field or a Science Olympiad team. It only becomes problematic if that’s the only thing a kid is doing,” she said.
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Why Do We Still Grow Flu Vaccines in Chicken Eggs?
Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about studying the reason why flu vaccines are still produced in eggs.