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Month: July 2021

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the vexed vaccine rollout

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss the vaccine rollout, and the ongoing debate between the nation’s health experts about who should get what jab. The government ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the vexed vaccine rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-vexed-vaccine-rollout-163799/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the vexed vaccine rollout">Read more</a>

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How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Montgomery, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me. Just over two weeks ago, the Australian Technical ... <a title="How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/how-can-younger-australians-decide-about-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-a-gp-explains-163733/" aria-label="Read more about How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains">Read more</a>

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The scientific genius who eschewed fame: remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Arianrhod, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow , School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University Rita Greer, FAL Four hundred years ago, on July 2 1621, a remarkable Englishman named Thomas Harriot died in London. He left behind some 8,000 pages of scientific research, but it is only in ... <a title="The scientific genius who eschewed fame: remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/the-scientific-genius-who-eschewed-fame-remembering-thomas-harriot-400-years-on-163167/" aria-label="Read more about The scientific genius who eschewed fame: remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on">Read more</a>

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How well do COVID vaccines work in the real world?

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Henry, Professor of Evidence-Based Practice, Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University www.shutterstock.com Many Australians will be weighing up whether to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is widely available, or to wait for Pfizer later in the year. There are many factors to consider. One ... <a title="How well do COVID vaccines work in the real world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/how-well-do-covid-vaccines-work-in-the-real-world-162926/" aria-label="Read more about How well do COVID vaccines work in the real world?">Read more</a>

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Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are ‘missing’ – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University Michael Emslie The federal government has opposed a recommendation by a United Nations body that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as “in danger”. But there’s no doubt the natural wonder is in dire trouble. In new research, my colleagues ... <a title="Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are ‘missing’ – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/almost-60-coral-species-around-lizard-island-are-missing-and-a-great-barrier-reef-extinction-crisis-could-be-next-163714/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are ‘missing’ – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next">Read more</a>

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If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luara Ferracioli, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney Shutterstock In recent years, Australian academics have been accused of many forms of wrongful expression including racism, transphobia and anti-Semitism. Earlier this year an African-Australian researcher’s paper was accused of being racist. The research ... <a title="If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/if-not-in-a-university-then-where-academia-must-define-harm-to-allow-open-debate-on-difficult-issues-163355/" aria-label="Read more about If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues">Read more</a>

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Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW You might have thought the “lockdown wars” in Australia were over. After all, Australia navigated the pandemic better than essentially any other country in 2020. We closed our international border in March, used an early and relative light lockdown in NSW ... <a title="Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/vital-signs-australias-anti-lockdown-tribe-battles-on-against-the-evidence-163648/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence">Read more</a>

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Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Unsplash/David Clode, CC BY As tree scientist, I am fascinated by the magnificent biology of trees. I also find it enthralling and encouraging that trees are being appreciated by writers around the world right now. Three fresh books ... <a title="Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/friday-essay-trees-have-many-stories-to-tell-is-this-our-last-chance-to-read-them-161428/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: The pandemic is now putting the ‘experts’ in their own world of pain

July 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jeannette Young sounded at the end of her tether on Thursday Queensland’s chief health officer attracted a storm of criticism, including the accusation she was fuelling the anti-vaxxer movement, after she challenged Scott Morrison’s opening the door for younger people ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The pandemic is now putting the ‘experts’ in their own world of pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/grattan-on-friday-the-pandemic-is-now-putting-the-experts-in-their-own-world-of-pain-163752/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The pandemic is now putting the ‘experts’ in their own world of pain">Read more</a>

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The symptoms of the Delta variant appear to differ from traditional COVID symptoms. Here’s what to look out for

July 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Shutterstock We’ve been living in a COVID world for more than 18 months now. At the outset of the pandemic, government agencies and health authorities scrambled to inform people on how to identify symptoms of the ... <a title="The symptoms of the Delta variant appear to differ from traditional COVID symptoms. Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/the-symptoms-of-the-delta-variant-appear-to-differ-from-traditional-covid-symptoms-heres-what-to-look-out-for-163487/" aria-label="Read more about The symptoms of the Delta variant appear to differ from traditional COVID symptoms. Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>

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What’s the new COVID vaccine indemnity scheme? Two legal experts explain

July 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Madden, Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology Hau Dinh/AP/AAP On Monday night, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new vaccine indemnity scheme. An indemnity scheme would mean health practitioners who are found liable to pay compensation for ... <a title="What’s the new COVID vaccine indemnity scheme? Two legal experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/whats-the-new-covid-vaccine-indemnity-scheme-two-legal-experts-explain-163717/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the new COVID vaccine indemnity scheme? Two legal experts explain">Read more</a>

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Who’s being allowed to leave Australia during COVID? FOI data show it is murky and arbitrary

July 1, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Jefferies, Affiliate, Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Rick Rycroft/AP With outbreaks of COVID-19 in most states and territories, and low rates of vaccination, concerns have arisen again about who is being permitted to exit (and re-enter) the country. Western Australia Premier ... <a title="Who’s being allowed to leave Australia during COVID? FOI data show it is murky and arbitrary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/01/whos-being-allowed-to-leave-australia-during-covid-foi-data-show-it-is-murky-and-arbitrary-163725/" aria-label="Read more about Who’s being allowed to leave Australia during COVID? FOI data show it is murky and arbitrary">Read more</a>