Originally published on July 31, 2020聽
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From the Washington Post:
The past few months have been so frustrating that it鈥檚 hard to describe. We鈥檝e been working around-the-clock since February. My early hope that widespread community transmission wouldn鈥檛 happen has been dashed by the explosive rise in cases. The politicization of masks and public health data have shaken me to my core. I鈥檓 grateful every day for the masks and personal protective equipment that keep me safe while I support health-care workers and patients in infection prevention. Seeing people call basic public health and social responsibility efforts a violation of their rights has astounded me 鈥 especially as they kept at it while thousands protested safely for basic civil and human liberties.
鈥擲askia Popescu, PhD Biodefense 鈥19, Phoenix epidemiologist
From the Washington Examiner:
But what you can鈥檛 do if you are running for president is infect more people unnecessarily. Every infection comes with a risk of infecting others, and eventually, killing some of the citizens you claim to care about.
鈥擩eremy Mayer
From Foreign Policy:
As Guyana demonstrates, when partisanship is so racialized, it augurs trouble for democracy. It allows personal identities to distort and narrow a conception of 鈥渢he people.鈥 It undercuts people鈥檚 capacity to empathize with their fellow countrymen. It devotes citizens to their tribe rather than to their country鈥檚 institutions, making them less willing to lose and more willing to break rules to win.
鈥擩ustin Gest
From the New York Times:
Second, schools should avoid high-risk activities. This means no contact sports either in the gym or in competitive athletics for high school students. It also means no band, choir or drama performances. We know that this will be both disappointing and difficult. But close contact for prolonged periods of time with forced exhalations is what increases the risk of transmission. Playing football and basketball and wrestling simply cannot be done safely. We understand that missing a season could lead to missed scholarships for student athletes. But these activities will have to wait a year. That said, we should allow outside physical activity on playgrounds, ideally with masks, and noncontact sports like track and field.
鈥擲askia Popescu, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and James Phillips
From the Cipher Brief:
Saudi possession of F-35s would significantly alter the military balance of power in the region and could initiate a chain reaction throughout the Middle East. At minimum, it presents two major problems.
鈥擪arina MacLean, senior Government and International Politics major, International Security minor
From the Washington Post:
To my way of thinking, many of these initiatives are long overdue and will in the long run enhance the performance of the American economy and restore the moral legitimacy of American capitalism. To the business lobby, they represent a nightmare scenario.聽
鈥擲teven Pearlstein
From Richmond World Affairs:
For two decades, NVRC鈥檚 application of this international model has transformed Northern Virginia鈥檚 approach to global engagement.聽Using partnerships in Germany as an example: Bike and pedestrian trail planning in Fairfax has been informed by work in Stuttgart.聽NVRC helped Arlington County adopt solar energy photovoltaic programs from Bottrop.聽It helped frame stormwater management programs in the City of Alexandria by drawing lessons from Hamburg and Berlin.聽Workforce training lessons in Fairfax County and public health practices related to the COVID-19 crisis in Falls Church have been influenced by work in Esslingen and Kiel.聽
鈥擱ichard Kauzlarich and Dale Medearis
From Brookings:
After the economic stoppage, the International Labor Organization has projected that聽400 million people in India risk falling into poverty.
鈥擬aurice Kugler and Shakti Sinha