Perspectives

Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, at the School of Medicine, shares tips on the Siteman Cancer Center website for staying physically and mentally healthy during this time of physical distancing.

Policymakers, health officials, corporations and St. Louis residents themselves must continue to break down economic barriers to create partnerships and solutions that support the most vulnerable in our city — those who were already facing a disproportionate social, financial and health burden before the coronavirus entered their lives, write Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Brinda Gupta.

There is no time to waste. Experts predict that the District is likely the next hotbed of infection. Already, 18 people in the D.C. Jail have tested positive for covid-19, writes Daniel Harawa.

No matter what works for you to cope with your emotions right now, the most important thing you can do is just try to be compassionate with yourself, writes Jessica Gold.

In the latest “Show Me the Science” podcast from the School of Medicine, Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD, discusses the project he is leading to explore if treating very ill COVID-19 patients with the plasma of survivors will work.

So it appears that education does indeed remain very much about space, writes Peter Kastor. Students found it far less difficult to make themselves focus when they were in the confines of a classroom.

We must uproot the myth of Black immunity and the related myth labeling the virus as a Chinese pathogen. The stakes are entirely too high, writes graduate student Chelsey Carter.

In the third installment of “Endowment 101,” Chancellor Andrew D. Martin explains what socially and ethically responsible investing means and how the Washington University Investment Management Company practices it, operating “under an ‘engagement model’ rather than a ‘restrictive’ one.”

When disaster strikes, citizens are fearful, and some will blame elected officials for things beyond their control, writes Andrew Reeves. But the lens of accountability is also sharpened. Partisanship will not protect our families or our livelihoods.

There is no doubt that significant economic destruction lies ahead, writes Mark Rank. But we can use this time of upheaval to rethink the importance of a social safety net that provides protection to all Americans, including the most vulnerable.