Cornell Expert Quotes
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"As Trump showed, even negative buzz is good, especially for front runners, because it can suck attention away from challengers (remember during GOP debate when he talked about his ‘hands’)."
Drew Margolin
Assistant Professor
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"This power grab, unlike many of his others, is unlikely to succeed. Solid support from congressional Republicans has blocked efforts to push back against Trump’s unilateral gambits, even those that threaten Congress’ core powers of oversight and control of the purse strings. However, federalism has proven a stronger bulwark against Trump’s overreach."
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Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
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"Despite what he claims, no President has absolute authority over domestic policy, and he certainly has no power to override the type of measures that have been taken across the country that have proved successful in flattening the curve."
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Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
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"The Smithfield Foods' shutdown illustrates the challenges that different segments of the food industry face and will continue to face. With the COVID-19 case numbers we have in the U.S., most larger food processing facilities will be expected to have COVID-19 cases among their employees."
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Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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"If nothing else, this crisis has shown how unstable and ineffective the current economic and health care systems are, and how critical it is to underpin the structure of these systems with equity for all."
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Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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"The current COVID-19 pandemic draws in sharp relief the fragility of our global economic system and underscores the interconnectedness of us all. In a world where the majority of people are living in cities and towns, government capacity to provide a social safety net, basic services, and coordinate action is paramount."
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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"The challenge is to strike the right balance between the stringency of the lockdown to control the virus, and space for economic activity and trade. It is wrong to think of this as a tussle between saving lives and promoting the economy. A floundering economy can cause huge losses in lives, especially in developing economies."
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
Related Tip Sheet:
Cornell experts on coronavirus - Societal impact (05/12/20)
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“From my own long-term work with economic impact analysis, I am also concerned that the economy of scale issues that have influenced rural hospital closures will have parallel ‘threshold’ effects in other areas of the economy that provide vital goods and services to rural populations.”
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
Related Tip Sheet:
For rural communities, COVID-19 exacerbates inequities (04/09/20)
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“Now, more than ever, farmworkers must be given permanent immigration status and the ability to take legally protected concerted action to lower the risk of COVID-19 and maintain food security, locally and nationally.”
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
Related Tip Sheet:
For rural communities, COVID-19 exacerbates inequities (04/09/20)
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“There is already a lot of talk among local and regional food systems practitioners about how COVID-19 can be a real opportunity to draw attention to long-perceived vulnerabilities in the global food system, and simultaneously strengthen local and regional food systems and communities (rural and urban).”
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
Related Tip Sheet:
For rural communities, COVID-19 exacerbates inequities (04/09/20)
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