# Professor Lawrence White is quoted in a story exploring how businesses are stepping up to help fight the spread of coronavirus

1 Faculty News March 23, 2020 ![NBC News online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_037262.gif?itok=6hhedDRK)>

Excerpt from [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/liquor-brands-car-factories-production-lines-now-resemble-war-effort-n1165686) -- “'Whether it is trying to come up with a vaccine or trying to come up with better, more accurate or faster tests, this is a transformation,' said [White](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white). 'They expect to get paid for this, but it is still a pivot to something that is more focused on the national and international issue.'”

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