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COVID-19

COVID-19

News coverage, academic research and more on the coronavirus pandemic from experts at The Pearson Institute.

The Washington Post

04.13.21

Biden’s plea for masks will fail. Blame political polarization.

Our study found that politics, not public health, determined whether people wore masks last year.

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Foreign Policy

04.05.21

What’s Behind India’s Second Coronavirus Wave?

Waning immunity, new virus variants—India’s sharp surge could be caused by any number of alarming factors.

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Latin America Policy Review

03.15.21

COVID-19: The Increasing Gender Gap of Venezuela’s Migrant Population

The humanitarian, political, economic, and social crisis in Venezuela has caused more than 5.2 million citizens to flee the country. This phenomenon is the “greatest exodus of modern history in Latin America, and one of the biggest global crises on displaced populations”. While the first migrants had a more homogenous profile of a highly qualified population in search of better job opportunities, since 2013 migrants represent all of Venezuela’s socioeconomic groups.

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