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Coronavirus

‘Unethical’: WHO chief slams herd immunity as COVID-19 response

Tedros warns that herd immunity is a ‘scientifically and ethically problematic’ strategy for a pandemic. 12 Oct 2020 The World Health Organization chief has warned against...

With more than 1 million dead, who have been the victims...

By Benjamin Mateus Oct. 10, 2020 A brief note on children Researchers from Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), Johns Hopkins University, and the University of California at Berkeley,...

Behind the White House Effort to Pressure the C.D.C. on School...

Documents and interviews show how senior officials sought to play down the risks of sending children back to the classroom, alarming public health experts. By...

Masques et protection : inhaler moins de coronavirus signifie tomber moins...

Par Monica Gandhi, University of California, San Francisco 23 août 2020 En réduisant la dissémination du virus dans l’environnement des personnes infectées lorsqu’elles toussent ou parlent le...

“A mask isn’t enough”: Students march for sufficient measures in schools

September 24, 2020 Wearing masks and holding banners reading “a mask is not enough” thousands of school students marched in downtown Athens on Thursday demanding...

The COVID-19 infodemic: What can be done about the infectious spread...

By Herbert Lin, Harold Trinkunas, September 10, 2020 Almost since its first emergence, the spreading SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has also been accompanied by a widespread proliferation...

Rising COVID-19 death toll underscores decades-long crisis in Australian aged care

By Clare Bruderlin 26 August 2020 The catastrophic spread of COVID-19 throughout more than 130 aged care facilities in the Australian state of Victoria has...

A pandemic of bad science

By Walter Scheirer Jul 20, 2020 ABSTRACT What can epidemiological models tell us about our potential exposure to COVID-19? What progress is being made with regard to...

How U.S.’s Response to Covid-19 Could Precipitate 2nd Great Depression

By Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture Sep.16, 2020 On March 10th of this year, there were 290 daily new U.S. cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus-19). On...

The Geopolitics of Coronavirus Vaccines

Sep. 16, 2020 Although the COVID-19 pandemic was in decline in the summer of 2020, it struck again with the beginning of Autumn. Numbers of...