The law will improve the lives of local farmers, but it is no panacea. a woman who seems to believe that chicken soup is a panacea for nearly everything

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Bali, the Microsoft researcher, warns that the private sector’s investment in language tools won’t be a panacea. Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, "Millions of Indians are getting connected to an internet they can’t use," 10 Sep. 2020

But prescribing drugs based on people’s specific brain networks remains, for now, out of reach, and network neuroscience is by no means a panacea for the slow progress of psychiatric research. Grace Huckins, Wired, "A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring," 17 Aug. 2020

Belonging to a union is not a panacea for all that plagues workers during a pandemic, as many hospital and other workers short on protective gear can attest. Kate Gibson, CBS News, "During a pandemic, unions offer workers some protection, reseach shows," 1 Sep. 2020

However, open source is not the panacea to all problems. Kevin Xu, Wired, "The Future of American Industry Depends on Open Source Tech," 26 Aug. 2020

And Americans who bought into his rhetoric of xenophobia and isolationism were going to be especially susceptible to thinking that simple entry controls were a panacea. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, "How the Pandemic Defeated America," 3 Aug. 2020

Wearing masks is no panacea, but in the aftermath of DeSantis’ comments, his state recorded 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day—marking the most significant jump in cases there since the pandemic began. Roxanne Khamsi, Wired, "America Has a Sick Obsession with Covid-19 Polls," 8 July 2020

There is a concern that his endorsement hydroxychloroquine as a panacea for COVID-19 will cause a mad dash to corner the market on this drug thus causing a shortage for those who have a genuine need. Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Trump’s medical experiment (5/21/20)," 21 May 2020

While useful, golden rice shouldn’t be considered a panacea, Bill Freese, science policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety, tells Baragona. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, "Golden Rice Approved as Safe for Consumption in the Philippines," 3 Jan. 2020

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