Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
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In emergencies, time is a currency. If the government fails to deliver basic income to the people, the consequences could be catastrophic.
Countries aiming to flatten the coronavirus curve have one crucial aim: reduce the “effective reproduction number” of the virus to below 1. This means the spread is slowing, rather than accelerating.
Board game Pandemic is providing more than entertainment in lockdown – helping players think through problems creatively, focus, adapt and reflect on serious issues.
Who is most likely to survive an infection of the new coronavirus? Two immunologists explain that it is those who mount exactly the right immune response – not too weak, not too strong.
Product tampering is not just committed by teenagers, nor has it just come about during this pandemic.
Democracies such as the United States, Italy and Spain, as well as Indonesia, have so far failed to control the spread of the virus.
Humans have an innate affinity with nature. Embracing this in your home while locked down may improve your productivity and health.
Those who work in the background to keep everyone healthy — public health nurses, health inspectors, laboratory techs and epidemiologists — deserve recognition in the fight against COVID-19.
Africa’s leaders need to implement COVID-19 policies that protects African economies from the health crisis.
Government initiatives to support student learning during and after the pandemic can’t be effective without an invaluable educational resource: teachers’ expertise and care.
Despite all the effort that goes into predicting disasters, governments have been bad at acting on what they were told.
Human beings have difficulty assessing distant threats.
When the things we consider to be normal break down, outcomes that once seemed unlikely or extraordinary become possible.
For athletes, COVID-19 means more than cancelled competitions. Having their athletic goals put on hold and their training routines disrupted can take a toll on athletes’ mental health.
From cholera outbreaks to public health actions, war metaphors have long been used to describe diseases, to show what we fear and to explain our world to ourselves.
Aerosols are the tiny particles of liquid and material that float around in our environment. When they come from an infected person, they may be a significant source of coronavirus transmission.
Sure, there were no Zoom calls or ventilators. But thanks to a prolific diarist, we can see some striking similarities, from daily death counts to quack remedies.
What is political will or political commitment to disaster risk reduction? Why is it important to measure political commitment? And how to measure it?
The government plans to monitor sewage for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. And while this holds promise to tracking future local outbreaks, there are also some sticky ethical questions to consider.
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
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Joel Lexchin adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Biology, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Viral Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph
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Dean and Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Sydney
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Operations Management & Business Analytics, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
