Monnat featured in Institute for New Economic Thinking article on deaths of despair, COVID-19
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Monnat interviewed by Institute for New Economic Thinking on the Epidemic of Despair
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, emphasizes that above all, widespread and quick vaccination has to be at the top of the agenda for preventing more deaths of despair. “In order to restart everything and get people back to their somewhat normal lives, they have to feel safe going out into the workplace, or to recreation and other consumption-based and activity-based places.”
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London publishes new research on same-sex marriage and the risk of divorce
Lerner Affiliate Andrew London found in new research that same-sex sexuality puts a brake on divorce by preventing some different-sex marriages that would ultimately end in divorce, but is associated with an increased risk of different-sex divorce among once-married individuals.
Montez quoted in Undark article on state policies, life expectancy
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In Memoriam: Sid Lerner '53, Benefactor of Maxwell's Lerner Center, Dies at 90
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Landes comments on vaccine prioritization for people with IDD in Washington Post
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Monnat weighs in on Central New York COVID-19 deaths in Syracuse.com article
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Van Slyke's brief on homelessness mentioned in Business Insider
"In order to properly care for all people and prevent further virus spread and deaths, cooperation between the private and public sectors is essential," writes Ashley Van Slyke, Lerner undergraduate research assistant.
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Monnat discusses COVID’s role in rising drug overdose deaths with the Associated Press
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Monnat quoted in Associated Press about the surge in US deaths
While COVID-19 has played a large part in the U.S. death toll, Lerner Chair Shannon Monnat also speaks to the increase in drug overdoses. She says, “I don’t suspect there are a bunch of new people who suddenly started using drugs because of COVID. If anything, I think the supply of people who are already using drugs is more contaminated."
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Lerner Graduate Fellow Mariah Brennan Awarded Roscoe Martin Grant
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Monnat featured on NPR about the strain COVID19 has on urban hospitals
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Monnat discusses COVID-19 impact on rural communities with KCUR
"It’s not just the rural health care infrastructure that becomes overwhelmed when there aren’t enough hospital beds, it’s also the surrounding neighborhoods, the suburbs, the urban hospital infrastructure starts to become overwhelmed as well," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Monnat speaks about the negative effects of Coronavirus on rural areas
“It’s not just the rural health care infrastructure that becomes overwhelmed when there aren’t enough hospital beds, it’s also the surrounding neighborhoods, the suburbs, the urban hospital infrastructure starts to become overwhelmed as well," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Landes quoted in New York Times article on COVID-19, people with IDD
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Monnat quoted in Vox about COVID19 and the economy
“If we want people to feel comfortable enough to go back out to bars and restaurants, to travel, and to send their kids to school, we need to see a decline in cases, and people need to feel confident that their peers will behave responsibly for the greater good,” says Lerner Chair Shannon Monnat.
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Monnat talks to Vox about the dichotomy between public health, economy
"If we want people to feel comfortable enough to go back out to bars and restaurants, to travel, and to send their kids to school, we need to see a decline in cases, and people need to feel confident that their peers will behave responsibly for the greater good," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Harrington Meyer discusses new book on Colgate University podcast
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Monnat talks to BuzzFeed News, Vox about COVID-19, Trump voter support
"The president has been asking Americans to deny what they see happening right in front of them. People are tired. They want to see some leadership and a coordinated national coronavirus response," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Monnat speaks to Buzzfeed about declining Trump support in wake of new COVID-19 deaths
“As we have started to see outbreaks in many parts of rural America, people are finally coming to see that rural areas are not immune, and they have even less capacity to cope with it,” says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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