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
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Publications
Pennsylvania on Track to Meeting Tracing App Use Goals
Kathryn Waldron
From Government Technology:
The Care States Need to Take with Contact Tracing Apps
Government watchdog to investigate politicization of CDC and FDA during COVID-19 pandemic
Paul Rosenzweig
From Science-Based Medicine:
A GAO investigation into improper political influence at two of the nation’s top scientific agencies may be the least of Mr. Trump’s worries, but hopefully it…
Andy Smarick and Tim Schultz: ‘Juristocracy’ and the Supreme Court, from Bostock to Espinoza
Andy Smarick
From Faith Angle:
Letters in the Time of Covid
Free state’s struggling workers from burdensome regulations
Anthony Lamorena
The once-thriving Hawaii economy has become a casualty from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adding further insult to injury, the contention around the state’s current plans to reopen the…
Video: Practical Wisdom In A Time Of COVID And Beyond
Tony Mills
From Manhattan Institute:
2020 severely tested the governing abilities of our leaders. America faced a once-in-a-century pandemic, a collapsed economy, civil unrest, shuttered schools, toxic…
Early voting critiques seem off base
Marc Hyden
Georgia’s first day of early voting didn’t go very smoothly to say the very least. Rather, it was marked by technical glitches and unbearable long lines. Local news outlets reported wait times…
In state government, no good idea goes unpunished
Steven Greenhut
If you owned a company that was hemorrhaging cash and a local branch manager came up with a creative idea that could save oodles of money while significantly improving the quality of services for…
Here’s Why Dumping the Discipline Question on the Common App Really Matters
Nila Bala
From Education Post:
Since schools have been shuttered, the number of youth being referred to the juvenile justice system has decreased significantly—by 50%. This is yet another example of how…
America needs to sit in time out for a while
Marc Hyden
“This is going to hurt me a lot more than it will hurt you,” parents often utter before reprimanding misbehaving children—although, most youths usually disagree over who bears the brunt of the…
Alcohol to-go won’t solve COVID-19 problems, election partisanship; but it helps
C. Jarrett Dieterle
After last week’s presidential debate, Americans could be forgiven for desiring a stiff drink.
In fact, the entire political landscape in America right now is depressing enough to make anyone want…