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Coronavirus models aren’t crystal balls. So what are they good for?
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Coronavirus models aren’t crystal balls. So what are they good for?

Epidemiologists and data scientists have been gathering data, making calculations, and creating mathematical models to answer critical questions about COVID-19, but math cannot account for the unpredictability of human behavior.

Penn Medicine

Supporting agriculture and a safe food supply
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In pre-Covid-19 times, the Marshak Dairy at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center was a place for teaching as well as research. Now an essential crew of workers remain to care for the cows, as other veterinarians in the School continue to care for livestock around the region. (Credit: Penn Vet)

Supporting agriculture and a safe food supply

Essential workers in the School of Veterinary Medicine are caring for livestock, keeping track of disease, ensuring product consistency, and communicating with farmers to ensure that farms can continue providing a reliable food supply for the community.

Katherine Unger Baillie

COVID-19 hackathon
Screen shot of computer with image of United States and the words "How Concerned are You?" and four participants on a Zoom call.

Participants presented their findings to judges in a virtual Zoom event. Pictured from top right down are Samantha Sangenito, Marc Trussler, Marc Meredith, Matthew Levendusky, and Rose Hoffman. (Image: Samantha Sangenito)

COVID-19 hackathon

Students tackle real-world, real-time data sets about the coronavirus at hackathon

Kristen de Groot

As society looks for a ‘new normal,’ is antibody testing a way forward?
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As society looks for a ‘new normal,’ is antibody testing a way forward?

Penn experts discuss the limitations of commercial antibody tests, how scientists are assessing the true scale of COVID-19 infections, and what studies are being done to see who might now be immune to the novel coronavirus.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Health care education in a virtual world
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Health care education in a virtual world

For future health care providers, moving education online has proved especially challenging. With ingenuity and creativity, faculty are helping them continue gaining the skills they’ll need.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Pandemics and presidential elections
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    • Pandemics and presidential elections

    The coronavirus outbreak has already caused disruptions in the 2020 election cycle. What if the nation is in the midst of another shutdown come Election Day in November?

    Kristen de Groot