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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Bloomfield, Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia Lockdown measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 should actually help cut the cases of flu this year. That’s because keeping people apart to reduce the spread of coronavirus will also help reduce the ... <a title="The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year’s flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/the-coronavirus-lockdown-might-help-limit-this-years-flu-season-but-you-should-still-get-your-flu-jab-anyway-135045/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year’s flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University This Easter will be especially challenging, with family isolation and many parents under financial strain, or other stressors. So, many parents will be looking to restore some sense of “normality” by welcoming the Easter bunny into their home. But when it ... <a title="Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/easter-eggs-can-bring-a-little-normality-to-kids-in-isolation-but-should-we-ration-them-or-let-kids-eat-how-many-they-like-133077/" aria-label="Read more about Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael L. Brown, Director of the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences and Lecturer at the School of Philosophy, Australian National University As they released the modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic behind Australia’s social isolation policies this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Brendan ... <a title="Scientific modelling is steering our response to coronavirus. But what is scientific modelling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/scientific-modelling-is-steering-our-response-to-coronavirus-but-what-is-scientific-modelling-135938/" aria-label="Read more about Scientific modelling is steering our response to coronavirus. But what is scientific modelling?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Tognolini, Director, Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment, University of Sydney Following a meeting with states and territories, federal education minister, Dan Tehan said year 12 students were a priority, and were being sent a clear signal: “There will be no year 13. There will be ... <a title="Teachers could be called on to estimate year 12 student grades – this is fairer than it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/teachers-could-be-called-on-to-estimate-year-12-student-grades-this-is-fairer-than-it-sounds-136039/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers could be called on to estimate year 12 student grades – this is fairer than it sounds">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of people to live under strict lockdown conditions, but the psychology of human behaviour predicts they will find it harder to stick to the rules the longer the situation ... <a title="The psychology of lockdown suggest that sticking to rules gets harder the longer it continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/the-psychology-of-lockdown-suggest-that-sticking-to-rules-gets-harder-the-longer-it-continues-135927/" aria-label="Read more about The psychology of lockdown suggest that sticking to rules gets harder the longer it continues">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Smillie, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The coronavirus pandemic has caused tens of thousands of deaths around the world and pushed major economies into a tailspin. Beyond those impacts, almost all of us will face psychological challenges – trying to maintain a responsible social distancing regimen ... <a title="Personalities that thrive in isolation and what we can all learn from time alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/personalities-that-thrive-in-isolation-and-what-we-can-all-learn-from-time-alone-135307/" aria-label="Read more about Personalities that thrive in isolation and what we can all learn from time alone">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin What is Mercantilism? Mercantilism is the form of public policy that was dominant in Europe – especially Northern Europe – in the ‘early modern’ period; meaning in the period loosely between 1500 and 1800 (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). In a political sense it represented a coalition of autocratic rule and big ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Northern European Mercantilism and the Covid‑19 Emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/keith-rankin-analysis-northern-european-mercantilism-and-the-covid-19-emergency/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Northern European Mercantilism and the Covid‑19 Emergency">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Woolaston, Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology Never before have we seen how the human use of wildlife can yield such catastrophe, as we have with COVID-19. The current available evidence indicates COVID-19 was first transmitted in a wildlife market in Wuhan. The disease likely originated in ... <a title="Most laws ignore ‘human-wildlife conflict’. This makes us vulnerable to pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/most-laws-ignore-human-wildlife-conflict-this-makes-us-vulnerable-to-pandemics-135191/" aria-label="Read more about Most laws ignore ‘human-wildlife conflict’. This makes us vulnerable to pandemics">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Georgie Bright, Australia associate director of Human Rights Watch Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the fragile health system in Papua New Guinea was underfunded and overwhelmed, with high rates of malaria, tuberculosis, and diabetes among its population of more than eight million. Access to hospitals is extremely limited, with 80 percent of the ... <a title="Why a full-on coronavirus outbreak would be catastrophic for PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/why-a-full-on-coronavirus-outbreak-would-be-catastrophic-for-png/" aria-label="Read more about Why a full-on coronavirus outbreak would be catastrophic for PNG">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
By Kelly Vacala in Suva Fiji disaster authorities have lifted movement restrictions imposed yesterday during the height of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold have been lifted and both Queens and Kings highways are open. However, Covid-19 restrictions remain. Category 5 Harold is now heading for Tonga after leaving a trail of destruction in Vanuatu and Fiji. ... <a title="Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/fiji-lifts-movement-restrictions-in-wake-of-tc-harold-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Government, parliament 1News: Poll: 88% of Kiwis trust Government’s coronavirus response, vastly higher than other nations Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public surge in trust of Government during Covid-19 crisis Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Almost 90% of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 09 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-09-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 09 2020">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch After some weeks of heavy criticism of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape’s government amid the Covid-19 pandemic, support for the administration has come from a surprising quarter – one of the media. Scott Waide is the Lae bureau chief of EMTV News and an ... <a title="PNG government doing its best amid virus crisis, says journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/png-government-doing-its-best-amid-virus-crisis-says-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about PNG government doing its best amid virus crisis, says journalist">Read more</a>
