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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Harris, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW As part of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all elective surgeries across Australia have been temporarily cancelled. Elective surgery is non-urgent surgery people choose (elect) to have: things like cataract surgery, joint replacement, tonsillectomy, hernia repair and cosmetic ... <a title="The coronavirus ban on elective surgeries might show us many people can avoid going under the knife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/the-coronavirus-ban-on-elective-surgeries-might-show-us-many-people-can-avoid-going-under-the-knife-135325/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus ban on elective surgeries might show us many people can avoid going under the knife">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Jenkins, Professor, Respiratory Medicine, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney, George Institute for Global Health The new respiratory coronavirus COVID-19 is particularly worrying for the 2.7 million Australians who already suffer from asthma. That’s roughly one in nine people. Viral respiratory infections, ... <a title="I’m an asthmatic: what should I do during the coronavirus pandemic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/im-an-asthmatic-what-should-i-do-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-135309/" aria-label="Read more about I’m an asthmatic: what should I do during the coronavirus pandemic?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa O’Donnell, Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Tackling a health crisis such as COVID-19, with society in lockdown can’t help but place families under strain. It’s been reported family violence notifications to police nearly tripled in some areas of China’s Hubei province (where SARS-CoV-2, the ... <a title="What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/what-governments-can-do-about-the-increase-in-family-violence-due-to-coronavirus-135674/" aria-label="Read more about What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Intriguing things sometimes happen in places deserted by people. Plants creep back, animals return, and slowly, birdsong fills the air. The coronavirus pandemic means public spaces the world over ... <a title="Where the wild things are: how nature might respond as coronavirus keeps humans indoors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/where-the-wild-things-are-how-nature-might-respond-as-coronavirus-keeps-humans-indoors-134543/" aria-label="Read more about Where the wild things are: how nature might respond as coronavirus keeps humans indoors">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Martin, Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW The National Cabinet announced a moratorium on evictions just over a week ago in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As government ministers and commentators have tried to make clear, it’s intended only to stop evictions – not ... <a title="Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/rents-can-and-should-be-reduced-or-suspended-for-the-coronavirus-pandemic-135929/" aria-label="Read more about Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geetanjali Saluja, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Governments everywhere face the challenge of getting people to stay home so they can limit the spread of coronavirus. In order to make their messages more effective, governments must ensure these appeals resonate with the cultural values of their audience. ... <a title="We’re not all in this together. Messages about social distancing need the right cultural fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/were-not-all-in-this-together-messages-about-social-distancing-need-the-right-cultural-fit-135427/" aria-label="Read more about We’re not all in this together. Messages about social distancing need the right cultural fit">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Melbourne Australia is on track to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases, which will allow our health system to cope with increasing demand for intensive care unit (ICU) beds, recently released modelling confirms. The modelling, produced by the Doherty Institute, ... <a title="Yes, we’re flattening the coronavirus curve but modelling needs to inform how we start easing restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/yes-were-flattening-the-coronavirus-curve-but-modelling-needs-to-inform-how-we-start-easing-restrictions-135832/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we’re flattening the coronavirus curve but modelling needs to inform how we start easing restrictions">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meredith Rossner, Professor of Criminology, Australian National University In the past, the courts were ideal breeding grounds for spreading disease. In what became known as the “Black Assize”, a deadly fever that swept through prisons and courts in England in 1586, 11 of 12 jurors in one ... <a title="Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it’s hard to get a fair trial remotely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/courts-are-moving-to-video-during-coronavirus-but-research-shows-its-hard-to-get-a-fair-trial-remotely-134386/" aria-label="Read more about Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it’s hard to get a fair trial remotely">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Trauer, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Australia is effectively in lockdown. Public gatherings of more than two people are banned and people are only permitted to leave home for a limited set of reasons. The recent tough measures appear to be having some effect and the ... <a title="Now we’re in lockdown, how can we get out? 4 scenarios to prevent a second wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/now-were-in-lockdown-how-can-we-get-out-4-scenarios-to-prevent-a-second-wave-135246/" aria-label="Read more about Now we’re in lockdown, how can we get out? 4 scenarios to prevent a second wave">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meead Saberi, Senior lecturer, UNSW Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades. We know a lot about how traffic jams form, ... <a title="Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/traffic-jams-are-contagious-understanding-how-they-spread-can-help-make-them-less-common-135551/" aria-label="Read more about Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well. Until early March, the government claimed it had no cases of infection, something the ... <a title="Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/indonesia-was-in-denial-over-coronavirus-now-it-may-be-facing-a-looming-disaster-135436/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Good news: COVID-19 is not the only thing going on right now! Bad news: while we’ve all been deep in the corona-hole, the climate crisis has been ticking along in the background, ... <a title="5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/5-big-environment-stories-you-probably-missed-while-youve-been-watching-coronavirus-135364/" aria-label="Read more about 5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus">Read more</a>
