Passive monitoring of the virus through wastewater or more targeted and evenly spread testing would be better than our current tactics.
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Calculating your risk of death or hospitalization if you are infected with the coronavirus requires good data – notably, the total number of infections in the US. Unfortunately, that data is fuzzy.
There is no going back to a pre-pandemic normal – only forward to a new one.
An expert weighs in on how colleges can lower their chances of being hit by surges of COVID-19 cases after spring break 2022.
When students wear masks at school, they’re less likely to become infected with COVID-19 and bring it home to their families.
Vaccine passports can and have been used to increase surveillance by governments. Transparency and accountability are crucial for protecting the privacy of civilians.
We must meaningfully include newcomers and refugees in the formulation of policies that address structural constraints that affect them during times of crisis.
Fewer people reported needing to miss work after their booster, compared to their second dose.
People are less likely to isolate if they don’t legally have to – but some still will voluntarily.
Unresolved historical injustices, deepened in new forms, undermined compliance with Ghana’s COVID lockdown.
These new antivirals are another way of managing COVID-19. But they’re not a panacea, and could even makes things worse.
Residents of group homes and long-term care are at high risk for COVID-19. But an important aspect has been left out of Public Health Ontario’s guidance for these facilities: indoor air quality.
Removing ways of tracking and preventing the spread of COVID will lead to more disruption and ill health.
The Canadian Constitution compels a proportionate weighing of all Charter rights against the threat of COVID-19, meaning that individual freedom is not absolute.
Social scientists find that using geography-related names or racialized framing around the coronavirus in even one news story can trigger racist stereotypes and biases.
Many changes to services have gone under the radar.
Vaccine hesitancy is often met with one of two responses: Ridicule, or factual information. Both assume a failure of reason, but human behaviour is more complex than reason, so both responses fail.
When early childhood education providers become more entrepreneurial, the quality of their programs improves, research shows.
Scientists have been testing captive and wild animals for the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Only a few wild species are known to carry the virus, but many more have been shown to be susceptible.
Canada’s international reputation as a relatively peaceful country is at odds with the noisy protests by people opposed to measures aimed at preventing COVID-19.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Research Ethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Professor, Director of Research, Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University
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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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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Mathematical Biology and Public Engagement, University of Bath
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia