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Cornell Expert Quotes

Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news

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Associate Professor

Topic	Name	Date
Health, Nutrition & Medicine	Douglas L. Kriner Professor of Government	04/13/21
	"Regulators should be aware that decisions and how they are communicated to the public will adversely influence vaccine confidence, already tepid among some demographics." Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: J&J vaccine pause a sign of ‘super cautious’ health agencies (04/13/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine	Sarah Kreps Professor of Government	04/13/21
	"Fears that clinical trials were small and rushed as well as inflated concerns about the severity of vaccine side effects are highly correlated with unwillingness to vaccinate." Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: J&J vaccine pause a sign of ‘super cautious’ health agencies (04/13/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine	Cynthia Leifer Associate Professor of Immunology	04/13/21
	"Those people who have received the J&J vaccine should monitor themselves, and if they don’t feel right, speak to their doctor out of an overabundance of caution." Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: J&J vaccine pause a sign of ‘super cautious’ health agencies (04/13/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine	Luis Schang Professor of Chemical Virology	03/16/21
	"This may well be the most careful worldwide vaccination campaign ever performed.” Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: Suspending AstraZeneca vaccine risks more blood clots, not less (03/16/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine , Arts & Humanities	Juan Hinestroza Associate Professor of Fiber Science	02/12/21
	“At Cornell’s College of Human Ecology, we have facilities to scan complex surfaces such as the human face and create personalized masks that can provide comfort and protection.” Media: Media Relations, Media Relations Office mediarelations@cornell.edu (607) 255 - 2059 Related Tip Sheet: New CDC mask guidance reflects challenge with unique face profiles (02/12/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine	Steven Osofsky Professor of Wildlife Health and Health Policy	02/09/21
	"We are at a crossroads in human history in terms of our ability to learn from the consequences of our own carelessness." Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: WHO report shows perils of human disregard for wildlife (02/09/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine , Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine , New York State , New York City	Cynthia Leifer Associate Professor of Immunology	01/05/21
	“Cuomo is right that we need to make sure the vaccines are being given as quickly as possible and that sites are not allowed to stockpile. However, I agree with those who are critical of Cuomo’s plan for rigid rules and disqualifying sites, especially hospitals, from getting future distributions. Expanding the number of distribution sites and incentivizing rapid use of stocks is a better way to go. Regardless of who gets immunized when, we need to remember that we are in this for the long haul and everyone needs to continue to wear masks and physical distance.” Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Immunologist: NY must expand, incentivize COVID vaccine distribution (01/05/21)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine , International , Industrial and Labor Relations	Sarah Besky Associate Professor, International and Comparative Labor; Associate Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History	12/10/20
	“This case in Andhra Pradesh is certainly alarming, but it is just another example of how ‘mystery illnesses’ especially in rural, poor, and otherwise marginalized areas are usually much more complicated than single, identifiable point-source cause. Hunger, warming temperatures, zoonotic diseases, industrial practices, and pesticide exposure intertwine to ensure not only that ‘causality’ is difficult to determine, but that ‘risk’ is firmly part of intimate spaces and domestic life.” Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: Risk factors in India mystery illness make cause difficult to determine (12/10/20)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine	Isabel Perera Assistant Professor of Government	12/09/20
	"The concerns about the possibility of rationing care in a winter wave of COVID-19 are not wrong, but neither are they new." Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: COVID-19 healthcare issues reflect pre-existing inequalities (12/09/20)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine	Adam Seth Litwin Associate Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations	11/12/20
	Litwin says: “In school, we learn that capital and labor can be adjusted with a dial. If only that were true. To build a skilled workforce, policymakers need to play the long game. Even by raising wages substantially right now, they can’t instantly create more registered nurses or intensive care doctors. Times like these make that reality painfully clear. “As much as we all want to return to normalcy, lockdowns may well be the most responsible measure. Even if the healthcare sector can somehow find more beds, it cannot just go out and buy more frontline caregivers – not when they are in demand across the globe. That means we have to rely on prevention, as treatment could become less and less of a viable alternative.” Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: Hospitals face ‘painfully clear’ future: not enough caregivers (11/12/20)

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