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The Delta variant: What it is, where it came from, why it’s different and whether COVID-19 vaccines can prevent it.
The need to transfer 2,500 COVID-19 patients around Ontario, and bring in extra doctors from other provinces, exposes two fallacies about Canada’s health-care system.
As the third wave ravages Ontario, there is public confusion and mistrust. Premier Ford’s flip-flops on restrictions indicate not just poor risk communications, but the lack of an informed plan.
The growing revolt against South Africa’s president, amid state capture allegations, is not an isolated event, but part of a much wider pan-African uprising led by the continent’s disaffected youth.
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Professor of Public Health and DST/NRF Research Chair., University of the Witwatersrand
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Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Director of Translational Institute of Medicine (TIME), Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor/Canada Research Chair in emerging viruses, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Program Science and Global Public Health, University of Manitoba
