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As Europeans flag concerns over faulty Chinese coronavirus equipment, state media is leading Beijing’s fight back

As Europeans flag concerns over faulty Chinese coronavirus equipment, state media is leading Beijing’s fight back

Jacques deLisle of the Law School and School of Arts and Sciences said that the coronavirus pandemic has been on opportunity for China to demonstrate the strengths of its authoritarian government. “The U.S. failure of competence allows China to look very competent and to not take the heat it deserves,” he said.

Russian trolls politicized vaccines in 2016. Could coronavirus be next?

Russian trolls politicized vaccines in 2016. Could coronavirus be next?

A study about online misinformation and public health authored by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and postdoc Yotam Ophir of the Annenberg Public Policy Center was cited. “It seems like the coronavirus is consistently being framed as a political issue,” Ophir said. "The virus doesn’t work this way. You get it whether you’re a liberal or a conservative.”

Researchers, schools answer the call for personal protective equipment and critical supplies
researchers in the singh nano labs

Postdoctoral researcher Sam Nicaise, center, working on newly-made nanocardboard plates. Bargatin and his team have spent years creating this and other ultralight materials, using the state-of-the-art nanofabrication and characterization equipment inside the Singh Center.

Researchers, schools answer the call for personal protective equipment and critical supplies

To help in the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus, groups across campus are donating what they can, from masks and gloves to ventilators.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Hive mind of makers rises to meet pandemic

Hive mind of makers rises to meet pandemic

Mohit Prajapati of Penn Medicine’s Center for Healthcare Innovation is overseeing the effort to develop DIY respirators using sterilization wrap and other filtrating materials. “I can say for certain they are better than wrapping a bandanna around your face,” he said.

Why do people react differently when confronting the same threat?
pyramid of multiple rolls of toilet paper, implying hoarding in crisis

Why do people react differently when confronting the same threat?

In the face of the coronavirus, some people collected household goods. Others ignored the warnings altogether. Two Penn researchers explain why both responses are normal and how to find a middle ground if you disagree with those around you.

Michele W. Berger