Coronavirus

Joshua Dunaief of the Perelman School of Medicine said patients with macular degeneration shouldn’t postpone injections during the coronavirus pandemic.

Allison Hoffman of the Law School said giving special privileges to those with coronavirus antibodies could get the economy moving again. “From a policy perspective, it’s not especially worrisome if the rest of the population has good unemployment coverage,” she said. “It would speed economic rebuilding, which I think everyone would want, whether employed or not.”

Lee Fleisher of the Health System spoke about the spike in demand for ventilators and the drugs they require, which patients can develop a tolerance to over time.

Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about how the coronavirus pandemic is exposing the existing U.S. housing crisis. “I think this moment highlights the precarity of people generally, and how important housing is to all of us,” he said. “And I think it highlights the limited safety nets we have in place.”

Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice spoke about homeless people struggling during the pandemic. “Our primary strategy for prevention and containment is, basically, sheltering in place and quarantine,” he said. “Neither of these things are really effective options for people who are either living unsheltered or in what are typically pretty densely populated shelters.”

Shelley C. Rankin of the School of Veterinary Medicine spoke about the transfer of disease between animals and humans with regard to COVID-19, which anecdotal evidence suggests could be passed to pets from their owners.

Connie Ulrich of the School of Nursing wrote an op-ed about the coronavirus’ emotional toll on health care workers. “As the pandemic slows, hospital administrators, educators, researchers, and others must begin to develop and implement interventions to address the trauma and psychological damage sustained by health care workers on the front lines,” she wrote.