U.S. House Candidate Tamara Zwinak responds to North Carolina Science Debate
1) What are your top 3 scientific priorities for the upcoming year? 1) The coronavirus pandemic: Deliver a safe, accessible, affordable and effective vaccine and innovative ways to dispense the vaccine to 500 million people in 20-21. 2) Increase innovative ways to rapidly reduce CO2 emissions to reduce global warming; the death of coral reefs; forest fires; and droughts. 3) Innovations to bring sustainable packaging without petroleum based materials or styrofoam to market and rapid ways to capture and collect plastic waste in the oceans, streams and on land. 2) How do you plan to ensure access to COVID-19 testing, tracing, treatment, and personal protective equipment (PPE) for all North Carolinians, especially workers in the highest risk jobs? By providing federal funds to the states to accomplish these tasks. 3) What is your strategy to mitigate infection risk in hot spots that contribute to community spread such as meat processing plants, nursing hom...
