As response to COVID-19 moves from a learning phase to an operational phase, lessons from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic can inform Canada’s action plan.
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At this moment, when it becomes blindingly clear that experts are utterly crucial to how we live, we bring them to you, and answer questions.
Trump called coronavirus a hoax, and he dragged his feet in addressing it. But the US health care system was ill-equipped from the start to deal with such a crisis. The pandemic shows the flaws.
How do you know whether you might have COVID-19? A professor of medicine and immunology explains.
Two transportation scholars argue that telecommuting could play an important role in solving the coronavirus crisis.
A pared-down parliament will aim to pass the government’s stimulus package in a single day’s sitting on Monday.
In Southeast Asia like in many other developing regions, a large segment of the population don’t have access to the Internet and electronic devices.
There is no evidence that the coronavirus has evolved into a deadlier strain. It is almost certainly less lethal than initially reported, but that might mean there are more cases than we realised.
Humans are innately social, so periods of enforced quarantine or isolation will be a challenge. But there are some things we can do to ensure being isolated doesn’t translate to feeling lonely.
After the Reserve Bank cuts its cash rate to effective zero, it’s considering something similar for other rates.
Without a coronavirus vaccine, a herd immunity strategy would simply lead to thousands of unnecessary deaths.
The death rate from coronavirus starts to increase for those aged 50 and over and rises to almost 15% for over-80s.
New Zealand will spend NZ$12.1 billion – or 4% of its GDP – to support businesses, increase benefits for seniors and low-income families, pay people in self-isolation, and boost health care capacity.
Disasters and times of crisis bring out the best in most of us. Despite the media focus on initial panic at the COVID-19 pandemic, we are are starting to see a more heartening community response.
If schools and childcare centres shut without the necessary support, Australia may permanently lose valuable teachers and early childhood educators.
The cancellation of cultural events will be devastating for artists and arts workers. A $186 million stimulus package could help stem the damage.
If the IOC does postpone the games, it will have to deal with consequences such as the impact on athletes, broadcasting obligations, insurance pay-outs and its brand reputation.
Tourism is vital to NZ and small economies in the Pacific. But as the Samoa Tourism Authority’s CEO says, “we can always get money back, but once there’s a loss of life you’ll never have that back”.
A move towards working from home, less air travel and prudent stimulus spending could flatten emissions growth in the longer term.
The food we eat influences our bodies’ immune responses to infection. So focusing on nutrition is one thing we can do to help protect ourselves in the face of the coronavirus threat.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
