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March 27, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Australian cases have been on an exponent growth path since late February, with no remission yet in sight. The good news is that infection rates remain well below western European levels. The bad news is that death rates – hitherto very low – are accelerating. Indeed Victoria, running with a similar ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the World" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-australia-canada-new-zealand-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the World">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Fair, Adjunct Professor, School of Information Technology, Deakin University Borders, beaches, pubs and churches are closed, large events are cancelled, and travellers are subject to 14 days’ isolation – all at significant cost to taxpayers and the economy. But could telecommunications technology offer a more targeted ... <a title="Privacy vs pandemic: government tracking of mobile phones could be a potent weapon against COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/privacy-vs-pandemic-government-tracking-of-mobile-phones-could-be-a-potent-weapon-against-covid-19-134895/" aria-label="Read more about Privacy vs pandemic: government tracking of mobile phones could be a potent weapon against COVID-19">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tauel Harper, Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, University of Western Australia Tonight, for the first time in its 12-year history, my weekly boardgame group will meet online, instead of our regular weekly in-person sessions. Tomorrow night, a planned dinner with friends has been downgraded to sharing wine ... <a title="Say what? How to improve virtual catch-ups, book groups and wine nights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/say-what-how-to-improve-virtual-catch-ups-book-groups-and-wine-nights-134655/" aria-label="Read more about Say what? How to improve virtual catch-ups, book groups and wine nights">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Keith Rankin on Malthusian checks The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic has all the visible hallmarks of a Malthusian pestilence, a necessary positive check visited upon an over‑abundant humanity. Indeed, that is a likely future interpretation of this event. It’s an important perspective which should be treated with both understanding and caution. I heard two academic examples ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay: Coronavirus – a Malthusian Event?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/keith-rankin-essay-coronavirus-a-malthusian-event/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay: Coronavirus – a Malthusian Event?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland New cases of the coronavirus are reported every day, and as yet there’s no vaccine. So what treatments are available if you’re one of the unlucky ones who gets infected? If your symptoms are mild, you should treat them ... <a title="How can I treat myself if I’ve got – or think I’ve got – coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/how-can-i-treat-myself-if-ive-got-or-think-ive-got-coronavirus-134654/" aria-label="Read more about How can I treat myself if I’ve got – or think I’ve got – coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Tulloch, DECRA Research Fellow, University of Sydney As Australians try to maintain social engagement during self-isolation, citizen science offers a unique opportunity. Defined as “public participation and collaboration in scientific research”, citizen science allows everyday people to use technology to unite towards a common goal – ... <a title="Citizen science: how you can contribute to coronavirus research without leaving the house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/citizen-science-how-you-can-contribute-to-coronavirus-research-without-leaving-the-house-134238/" aria-label="Read more about Citizen science: how you can contribute to coronavirus research without leaving the house">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bret Hart, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Curtin Medical School Public Health Physician, Curtin University You might have heard about contact tracing which, when combined with social distancing, has proven a powerful asset in controlling the spread of COVID-19. In short, it means assigning a “contact tracer” ... <a title="Explainer: what is contact tracing and how does it help limit the coronavirus spread?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/explainer-what-is-contact-tracing-and-how-does-it-help-limit-the-coronavirus-spread-134228/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is contact tracing and how does it help limit the coronavirus spread?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie L. Rummer, Associate Professor & Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its third mass bleaching event in five years. It follows the record-breaking mass bleaching event in 2016 that killed a third of Great Barrier Reef corals, immediately followed by ... <a title="I studied what happens to reef fish after coral bleaching. What I saw still makes me nauseous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/i-studied-what-happens-to-reef-fish-after-coral-bleaching-what-i-saw-still-makes-me-nauseous-134247/" aria-label="Read more about I studied what happens to reef fish after coral bleaching. What I saw still makes me nauseous">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Baskin, Fellow, Melbourne School of Government and Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne G20 leaders have pledged to do “whatever it takes” to minimise the impacts of COVID-19. Most of these nations are lumbered with welfare safety nets unfit for purpose. They are designed for last ... <a title="‘Whatever it takes’ should now include a universal basic income" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/whatever-it-takes-should-now-include-a-universal-basic-income-134405/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Whatever it takes’ should now include a universal basic income">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian M. Mackay, Adjunct assistant professor, The University of Queensland Like the other 200 or so respiratory viruses we know of, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the new coronavirus, infects the cells of our airways. It causes a range of signs and symptoms, or none ... <a title="We know how long coronavirus survives on surfaces. Here’s what it means for handling money, food and more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/we-know-how-long-coronavirus-survives-on-surfaces-heres-what-it-means-for-handling-money-food-and-more-134671/" aria-label="Read more about We know how long coronavirus survives on surfaces. Here’s what it means for handling money, food and more">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University Some years ago, I travelled to Israel for a conference on dramaturgy. Losing my way at the train station, I was rescued by a soldier who chatted with me all the way to Tel Aviv. I dreaded what was ... <a title="As we turn to creativity in isolation, the coronavirus is a calamity on top of an arts crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/as-we-turn-to-creativity-in-isolation-the-coronavirus-is-a-calamity-on-top-of-an-arts-crisis-134230/" aria-label="Read more about As we turn to creativity in isolation, the coronavirus is a calamity on top of an arts crisis">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Desirée Kozlowski, Lecturer, Psychology, Southern Cross University If I told you that last night I built a blanket fort in the living room, crawled inside with my cat, a glass of wine and my just-arrived copy of the New Yorker, would you think less of me? After ... <a title="Coronavirus: tiny moments of pleasure really can help us through this stressful time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/coronavirus-tiny-moments-of-pleasure-really-can-help-us-through-this-stressful-time-134043/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: tiny moments of pleasure really can help us through this stressful time">Read more</a>
