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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Letter to the Editor from professors...

https://ndsmcobserver.com/2020/08/recalculating-the-risks/?fbclid=IwAR3VdgJBRXGuWRsTF4uPsbGfBLee0D0Fc7FtmewzQcIepsJ6012594cZKAs[/quote]

From FIVE professors, none of which teach science or public health. [/quote] and the FIVE have tenure. Hardly a sampling of what all faculty think.[/quote]

Um, the fact that they have tenure is the reason they feel comfortable speaking out. I would bet there are a ton of non-tenured professors who feel the way they do. I'm sure there are also plenty who don't, but being tenured or non-tenured is probably not what influences how the faculty are feeling. It only affects their willingness to voice it.[/quote]

Don't think politics does not impact their thinking.

Economics and political science faculty from a Southern School might well vote to open at this time.

Some of this has to do with values and priorities. I am waiting to see the letter from the scientists.

Did you all see the blog from UNC's Dean of Public Health a week or so ago? She reached a very different conclusion.[/quote]

It's hard to take health expert recommendations without a grain of salt - I mean what do they have to lose by recommending the most conservative and safest path without the responsibility of having to balance economic impact and other factors? I also think they have not put enough emphasis on mental health aspects. There have been some references and articles but not near enough IMO.[/quote]

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