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“Even though President Trump has talked about being at war with the pandemic, in the case of Wilson and the Spanish flu, the United States really was at war,” said Thomas Schwartz, professor of history at Vanderbilt University.
Source: tatoeba (8647306)
Schwartz, of Vanderbilt, and Barry, of Tulane, said that leaders must be optimistic and provide hope. But more importantly, they must be transparent, both to prevent unfounded information from spreading and to create the credibility that will encourage people to follow guidelines instead of being skeptical of their government.
Source: tatoeba (8647326)
"There is the false assumption that once you're vaccinated, this COVID virus is going to disappear," said Vanderbilt University infectious disease professor William Schaffner. "That's not the case. The COVID virus is here to stay. We're going to have to cope with it for years down the road."
Source: tatoeba (9732194)
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, Tennessee, are now developing miniaturized living copies of certain human organs they say will greatly improve testing the effectiveness of drugs and chemicals on people.
Source: tatoeba (11791513)
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