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The 2020 presidential election can survive coronavirus, but only if we take these 3 steps

Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School offered guidance for running the 2020 presidential election during the pandemic. States should consider expanding options for voter registration and remote voting, as well as keep polling stations open for multiple days, he suggested.

Former felons in Florida still fighting for voting rights

Marc Meredith of the School of Arts and Sciences said that political participation among former felons tends to be low, due to numerous factors including lack of knowledge about the process and uncertainty about eligibility.

Drying medical masks hanging due to a scarcity of PPE in hospitals

How can hospitals address scarce resources during COVID-19?

Most hospitals have general contingency plans for resource allocation in times of medical scarcity, but not detailed guidelines for the process of actually making those allocation decisions. School of Arts and Sciences political scientist and LDI Senior Fellow Julia Lynch has created those guidelines.

Could the coronavirus crisis change how we vote, and how politicians campaign?

Marc Meredith of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about how the coronavirus pandemic could affect this year’s presidential election, from campaigning to voter turnout.

Polarizing tweets by Russian trolls on vaccination targeted groups in 2016

During the 2016 election cycle, politically polarizing tweets about vaccination included pro- and anti-vaccination messages targeted at people with specific political inclinations by Russian trolls using an assortment of fake persona types, according to a recent study.

Philly nurse practitioner: We tried to order 300 COVID-19 tests. We got five

Tarik Sharif Khan, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Nursing, wrote an op-ed about the struggle to access needed medical supplies amidst the coronavirus pandemic. “While local and state officials like Mayor Jim Kenney and Gov. Tom Wolf are trying to obtain supplies and prepare for the surge of COVID-19 cases, their ability to respond is ultimately limited by the powers the president chooses to exercise, and the support the federal government offers,” he wrote.

Person praying in front of a crowd in China with mask down around their chin, people wearing masks walk around them, outside a temple.

Human rights during the coronavirus pandemic

During a virtual event at Perry World House, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights, spoke to PWH interim director Michael Horowitz about the importance of centering human rights and about holding governments accountable in a time of pandemic.

We need smart solutions to mitigate the coronavirus’s impact. Here are 16

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel and Steven Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine recommended that the U.S. create a COVID-19 Recovery Corps of people who have survived the infection and become immune. These people could be employed as hospital support staff, educators, food delivery workers, and more.

An environmental stimulus bill could help us bounce back from COVID-19

Billy Fleming of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design compared a new “green stimulus” proposal to the 2009 American Recover and Reinvestment Act, which he says was too small and which funded projects that didn’t excite the public.

Trump’s sarcastic response to Mitt Romney’s negative test for coronavirus follows years of bad blood

Claire Finkelstein of the Law School commented on President Trump’s negative reaction to Mitt Romney’s self-quarantine. “[Trump] would have had a moment there to unify the country around this crisis and to show his moral leadership in doing so,” she said.

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