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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Dear Chairman Wyden, Chairman Neal, Ranking Member Crapo, and Ranking Member Brady:
On behalf of the undersigned taxpayer, free-market, and consumer advocacy organizations, we ask you to…
With justice reform, think big
Marc Hyden
Georgia’s past legislative session was a bit of a mixed bag for criminal justice reform. While the General Assembly understandably had its hands full with other issues, like the pandemic, the…
The Temporary WTO Waiver to Fight COVID Must Include Copyright
Gary Winslett
From Inside Sources:
Some commenters have proposed a way forward by dropping the non-patent issues. Research by the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) helps…
, WFTV9
Video: March jobs numbers beat expectations, with leisure and hospitality leading the way
Jonathan Bydlak
From WFTV9:
“There is light at the end of the tunnel. We have millions of Americans getting vaccinated every day,” says Jonathan Bydlak, the Director of Fiscal and Budget Policy for the…
, WFTV9
Video: Vaccine passports come with pitfalls, promise
Courtney Joslin
From WFTV9:
“There are so many questions that haven’t been answered,” said Courtney Joslin, a resident fellow at the R-Street Institute. “There are concerns that we could have a poorly…
Radio: Are Vaccine Passports A Good Idea?
Courtney Joslin
From WHO Radio:
Jeff talks with Courtney Joslin of the R Street Institute about the practical and ideological concerns over implementing vaccine passports and whether the Biden Administration…
How to keep thousands of COVID-19-related lawsuits from creating a liability crisis
Jerry Theodorou
People in the United States have filed nearly 10,000 COVID-19-related lawsuits in state and federal courts since the outbreak of the virus. The litigation wave, likely to swell this year as courts…
Dear Acting Director Fairweather,
We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issue guidance to federal agencies to establish standard…
Surveillance and the ‘New Normal’ of Covid-19: Public Health, Data, and Justice
James Wallner
From The Social Science Research Council:
Underfunding and low usage of the system contributed to the nation’s decentralized response.17
17. For more on NSSP, see “How NSSP Works Across…
While You Were Seussing
Shoshana Weissmann
From The Dispatch:
Let immigrants fill the “Physician Gap”