As America handles COVID-19, we hope to provide some valuable policy insights with regard to managing the virus. Our public health experts, regulatory experts, and other scholars will provide policy ideas and commentary on the policy implications of Coronavirus.
Coronavirus Policy Implications
The Issue
Publications
Gallup, others miss the point on vaccine mandates?
Marc Hyden
In a time when polling informs public policy more than ever, it’s important to get it right, but too often, polls can give the wrong impression, which seems to be the case with a recent poll on…
As COVID-19 persists, expect more of the same
Marc Hyden
In the fight against the indefatigable COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Brian Kemp has mobilized over 100 members of the Georgia National Guard, deploying them to medical facilities across the state. Once…
FY2022 Budget
Caroline Kitchens
From RSC Jim Banks Chairman:
“The House Republican Study Committee (RSC) released their alternative Fiscal Year 2022 budget, entitled Reclaiming Our Fiscal Future, which presents a bold plan to…
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The Pandemic Showed Home Detention Works
Jillian Snider & Maya Szilak
Whenever the government declares the pandemic is officially over, thousands of nonviolent, low-level offenders may be sent back to prison. The Biden administration claims it is legally required to…
Some officials still haven’t learned their lesson from COVID-19
Marc Hyden
Despite some progress, the United States finds itself in a familiar place: in the throes of yet another COVID-19 wave, which is ravaging many of the usual communities, including those in correctional…
, Cheddar
Video: NYC Imposes Vaccine Requirements as Florida Governor Crusades Against Mask, Vaccine Mandates
Chelsea Boyd
From Cheddar:
Chelsea Boyd, Research Fellow at Libertarian think tank R Street Institute, joined Wake Up With Cheddar to discuss New York becoming the first major U.S. city to institute…
Chinadown
C. Jarrett Dieterle
From National Review:
Regulation
Jarrett Dieterle:
Americans on both the left and the right are tired of our nation’s hopelessly convoluted alcohol laws. COVID-19 has ushered in an era of…
Video: R Street Institute’s C. Jarrett Dieterle on the deregulation of drinking due to COVID
C. Jarrett Dieterle
From Chicago’s Morning Answer:
R Street Institute’s C.Jarrett Dieterle on the deregulation of drinking due to COVID.
, WFTV9
Video: ‘The virus has a new target’: Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations quadruple in a month
Chelsea Boyd
From WFTV9:
“The delta variant is just extremely contagious and much more contagious than the previous variants that we’ve seen,” said Chelsea Boyd, an epidemiology and harm reduction expert…
Progressives Declare Credit Scores Are Racist
Steven Greenhut
The latest battle against structural racism has taken a bizarre turn, as progressives have declared that the use of credit scoring for determining certain financial decisions is inherently…