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Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest turns to two hotels to house quarantined students
Wake Forest is housing students who need to be isolated or quarantined because of COVID-19 in two Local hotels. The university said the off-campus hotel accommodations are “helping reduce the spread of COVID-19 among our campus population. As students complete the required quarantine or isolation period, they can return to campus.” Wake Forest said contact tracing, asymptomatic testing “and the cooperation of our students have helped us reduce the spread of COVID-19.”
November 7, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Local Biden supporters hope message of unity will resonate
“As a national consensus emerges that the election, while rigorously engaged, was lawfully concluded, Trump has the option exercised by all former presidents of graceful concession and pledges of unity,” said Allan Louden, Wake Forest professor of communication. “Trump’s 70 million votes provide him with the political capital to resist, but the moral compass of the nation may not allow that expression.”
November 7, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
In the 2000 election, “it was George W. Bush asking for every vote to be counted,” said Allan Louden, a professor of communication at Wake Forest. “It is hard to find a political figure that publicly does not mirror that sentiment in elections. President Trump’s statements suggesting that the vote count should be truncated are jarring.”
November 6, 2020
Campus Rec
Unique well-being offerings across the country
Thrive Remotely is an online hub of resources covering a variety of well-being topics s. “It’s about trying not to immediately jump to being prescriptive,” said Joe Cassidy, Wake Forest executive director of campus recreation. “If you go to the doctor with an illness, you don’t want the doctor to walk into the patient room and immediately prescribe something to you. We need to be able to listen to what we are hearing and respond.”
November 5, 2020
CNBC
Can’t pay your rent? Here are your options
“The United States is facing the most severe housing crisis in history,” said Emily Benfer, an eviction expert and visiting professor of law at Wake Forest. Despite the difficult times, struggling renters have options. “If a tenant cannot pay the rent, they should provide the declaration to their property owner as soon as possible.”
November 5, 2020
The Washington Post
The Health 202: Trump’s pandemic response didn’t hurt him as much as Democrats expected
North Carolina election results did little to end a stalemate over Medicaid expansion. “It’s a status quo situation,” said John Dinan, who teaches politics at Wake Forest. “Medicaid expansion ranked as one of the two or three most prominent issues in state legislative campaigns … and it did not carry the day.”
November 5, 2020
90.7 WFAE (Charlotte)
Change in North Carolina Medicaid expansion unlikely after election
John Dinan, who teaches state politics at Wake Forest, said that if Joe Biden wins the presidency, his administration could put pressure on the state to expand Medicaid coverage even if Republicans retain control of the U.S. Senate. “A presidential administration has a lot of tools to negotiate with states,” said Dinan, so it can offer “inducements for holdout states to strongly consider expanding Medicaid.”
November 4, 2020
Mhealthintelligence
Year-long study validates telehealth use in diabetes prevention efforts
A year-long study conducted by the University of Nebraska and Wake Forest has found that a telehealth platform can help reduce the risk of diabetes in people with a high likelihood of developing the chronic disease. “The results clearly demonstrate the clinical effectiveness of the Omada program, and compare quite favorably to other studies of digital approaches to diabetes prevention,” said Jeffrey Katula, an associate professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest and the study’s co-principal investigator. “Our results should certainly inform policy decisions regarding the rapidly changing world of digital preventive health at a time when remote delivery of services is essential.”
November 4, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Clashes over governor, GOP legislative leaders priorities likely to carry over into 2021-22
North Carolinians should brace for “another two years of stalemate and confrontation between legislative leaders and the governor, each of whom can claim a mandate from the 2020 election to continue adhering to their policy positions on education, Medicaid and other issues,” said John Dinan, a Wake Forest political science professor and national expert on state legislatures. “This also signals that there is a good chance that we will not have a state budget for another two years, following the failure to agree on a budget in summer 2019.”
November 4, 2020
WXII
How media organizations call states during the election
“You say how many ballots are outstanding and if you see the margin of victory between the candidates is really larger than the number of ballots outstanding, then you say I think we are confident in actually making this call,” said Wake Forest professor of politics John Dinan.
November 4, 2020
WXII
North Carolina votes could play no role in US presidential election
With North Carolina being a swing state, both campaigns dumped a massive amount of money on political ads and campaign stops. “North Carolina is a relatively expensive market that’s got several outlets, but several states do,” said Wake Forest communication professor Allan Louden. “But, the campaigns were awash in money. We’re talking literally billions instead of millions in campaigns this time.”
November 4, 2020
Axios
FBI conducted record number of firearm checks this year
Gun sales in the U.S. spiked significantly in March when the coronavirus pandemic first began to spread in earnest across the country. Mass social uncertainty often leads to an increase in gun buying, said David Yamane, sociology professor at Wake Forest.
November 3, 2020