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There’s always an element of ‘hindsight being 20/20’ whenever we’re evaluating a lockdown.
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NSW sits on a knife edge, with the coming day to show whether it’s in for a nasty but brief pause on activity, like the recent Victorian lockdown, or something much more serious, writes Michelle Grattan
Why are Ontario reopening rules treating live arts like a luxury instead of something critical?
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5 ways to support safe live performance re-openings as we emerge from COVID-19.
For some queer people, time at home has meant time away from communities and friends that recognize and support their gender and sexual identities.
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Pandemic experiences for queer people were marked not only by loneliness but new possibilities and connections that will shape their lives when the world reopens.
Protecting the “heartwork,” of educators means protecting their emotional and mental health based on recognizing that holistic and passionate investment in work is an asset that also implies vulnerability.
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“June-tired” has taken on a whole new meaning for educators this year. What can be done this summer to help them recharge and recover?
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Two doses have always been more protective than one, but the delta variant has made the benefit of a second vaccine much greater.
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New DNA evidence shows humans may have been battling coronaviruses for longer than recorded history.
A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines supplied by COVAX, the vaccine-sharing programme, arriving in Timor Leste.
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World leaders have called for an end to the pandemic – but the numbers don’t add up.
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Carbon dioxide levels can be a proxy for the amount of airborne coronavirus in a room, but plenty of things can mess with the measurements.
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Stronger stay-at-home measures led to bigger reductions in crime – though these changes soon began to reverse.
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While it’s potentially promising, there’s not enough information yet to determine if the vaccine is safe and effective.
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The rules around allocation, and the enforcement of those rules, can’t rest with each individual. Responsibility lies with those in charge of delivering vaccines.
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Two scientists claim that the genome pairing CGG-CGG is evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was made in a lab.
Managing academic expectations, culture shock, language barriers and financial constraints amid concerns about viral safety are some of the intersecting stressors faced by international students.
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International students are a vulnerable population who have faced many stressors in the COVID-19 pandemic. Emotional intelligence can help navigate these.
In April 2020 all six Tŝilhqot’in communities decided to erect checkpoints to monitor and regulate travel to and from their reserves.
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The minutiae of bureaucratic policy and procedure perpetuates colonialism and undermined a fully Tŝilhqot’in-led pandemic response.
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Upwards of 60% of the world needs to be vaccinated to suppress COVID-19 – even with an extra billion doses, that target looks very far away.
Navigating risk can feel like walking on a tightrope, even when you’re perfectly safe.
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We often underestimate dangerous risks because they are slow or we think we are in more control of them than we actually are.
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New theories about the lab leak don’t make the case for it any stronger, but do reveal the messiness of how historical events play out.
Private messaging apps allow information to spread in an unchecked manner.
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Canadians are increasingly turning to private messaging apps where COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories spread in an unregulated manner.
In February 2021, a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China.
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The research community is taking a closer look at the lab-leak hypothesis for the origin of COVID-19, prompting discussion about the risks and benefits of engineering viruses.