Polly Price

Professor of Law and Global Health at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. At work on the book “Plagues in the Nation,” forthcoming from Beacon Press.

[Beacon Press @BeaconPressBks]

Happy #BookBDay, @PollyJPrice! 🎇

PLAGUES IN THE NATION, a narrative history of how our country learned—and failed to learn—to respond to epidemics, is “an essential study of what needs to change before the next epidemic.”—@PublishersWkly, ⭐️ Review https://t.co/ILF1r12vj6

[jessica papin @jkpapin]

Congratulations @PollyJPrice on this ⭐️review! Nonfiction Book Review: Plagues in the Nation: https://t.co/fMaxVJVfeb via @publisherswkly "Gripping prose & lucid analysis make this an essential study of what needs to change before the next epidemic." @BeaconPressBks @DGandBTweets

[Polly Price @PollyJPrice]

“Congress never intended that the federal government should sit on its hands during a pandemic crisis while delegating all critical response functions to state and local governments.”

[Emory Law @EmoryLaw]

The next presidential term will begin exactly one year after the first #COVID19 case was confirmed in the United States. Prof. @PollyJPrice says a better national response can still save lives & lessen the pandemic’s impact. #bigideas @acslaw 

https://t.co/UBk8csRwQO

[Polly Price @PollyJPrice]

The Unlucky Timing of an Election-... https://t.co/BR2zJOnVMn Instead of responding like a wealthy nation with enormous reserves of scientific expertise, the US responds as if we were fifty different, relatively poor nations with inadequate access to basic medical supplies.

[Beacon Press @BeaconPressBks]

We are largely beyond the legal question whether an elected official can order #facemasks to be worn in indoor spaces. @PollyJPrice explains that generally applicable face-covering requirements do not violate anyone's constitutional rights. https://t.co/3SI4N61AZj

[Charlie Evavold, find me @synth-immune.bsky.social @Synth_Immune]

@BrianKempGA do the right thing and protect your Georgian citizens. Atlanta's @KeishaBottoms, Athen's Kelly Girtz @accgov, Savannah's @MayorJohnsonSAV, and many other local municipalities should challenge #GovKemp's attempt to prevent face covering mandates while cases bloom.

[Polly Price @PollyJPrice]

The Governor of Georgia does not have authority to override local face mask requirements. Do the right thing. #Covid_19 #GovKemp https://t.co/7eNWSMMmIV

[Polly Price @PollyJPrice]

Interstate Travel, Interstate Virus https://t.co/GeN6j5VH6t Sharing some thoughts on new quarantine requirements after interstate travel. Is it really the case that Pennsylvania is less concerned about a traveler returning from a trip to Brazil than one coming from Arkansas?

[Jeffrey Rosen @RosenJeffrey]

Thank you @beccarosen & @YAppelbaum for a great @ConstitutionCtr @TheAtlantic Battle for the Constitution symposium, and thanks to our stellar panelists @mearest, Chief Charles Ramsey, @JohnInazu, @DebPearlstein, @PollyJPrice & @adamjwhitedc!

[American Constitution Society @acslaw]

"State or local face-covering requirements rely on the current medical consensus that not wearing a face covering or mask may endanger others." #COVID19 Face-Covering Requirements and the Constitution, by @EmoryLaw's @PollyJPrice and Patrick C. Diaz:
https://t.co/5zyDe2Ijnr

[Emory Law @EmoryLaw]

Professor and Andrew Carnegie Fellow @PollyJPrice talks about her interest in pandemics, how her Andrew Carnegie fellowship advanced her research, and some considerations for the future: https://t.co/eoqVkXuYDR
#ELAWScholars #COVID19

[Polly Price @PollyJPrice]

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[Ronald Klain @RonaldKlain]

We literally left them a 69-page Pandemic Playbook.... that they ignored

And an office called the Pandemic Preparedness Office... that they abolished.

And a global monitoring system called PREDICT .. that they cut by 75%

[jessica papin @jkpapin]

Andrew Carnegie Fellow Polly J. Price on How Governments Can Confront Pandemics like COVID-19 | Carnegie Corporation of New York https://t.co/n23TdhWcPZ outstanding profile of the brilliant @PollyJPrice, author of forthcoming book from @BeaconPressBks

[Emory University News @EmoryNews]

The resistance of many Americans to masks and social distancing during #COVID19 mirrors what happened during the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, @EmoryLaw's @PollyJPrice tells @BBCNews #COVID19US https://t.co/sii0IEgY6W

[Andrew Carnegie Foundation @ACarnegieFdn]

.@Theatlantic offers historical perspective and global health expertise via #CarnegieFellows @PollyJPrice, who argues that during the 1918 influenza crisis, public officials confronted challenges similar to those faced by America today. https://t.co/rZsPtxFGPg

[Polly Price @PollyJPrice]

We are Back to Making Our Own Masks https://t.co/vpCEVG2DjM

[Emory Law @EmoryLaw]

Prof. @PollyJPrice says Trump’s statement that he has total authority to declare states open for business isn’t correct. “Congress could conceivably legislate to override state control of commerce, but not the president by himself.” @dallasnews #COVID19

https://t.co/T0PRGxyFV6

[Emory Law @EmoryLaw]

Any federal intervention over the objections of a state “can be highly politically charged,” Prof. @PollyJPrice wrote in a 2018 @EmoryLawJournal article on state & federal #quarantine powers, recently cited by @qu #ELAWScholars #COVID19
https://t.co/K8mCIYIo8U

[Emory Law @EmoryLaw]

“Just last week, we were asking: Why no national lockdown? The answer is that state governors are responsible for the health of their populations,” @PollyJPrice explains to @nytimes about @realDonaldTrump's recent comments about #COVID19 & federal power.
https://t.co/PahOs6Psls