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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Beasley, PhD Student in BioSciences, University of Melbourne If you’re trying to reduce your trips to the shops as you practise social distancing and contribute to “flattening the curve” of the coronavirus spread, you might be wondering what it means for your vegetable crisper. Fresh vegetables ... <a title="Frozen, canned or fermented: when you can’t shop often for fresh vegetables, what are the best alternatives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/frozen-canned-or-fermented-when-you-cant-shop-often-for-fresh-vegetables-what-are-the-best-alternatives-131678/" aria-label="Read more about Frozen, canned or fermented: when you can’t shop often for fresh vegetables, what are the best alternatives?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University You’re probably inundated with news and messages about coronavirus at the moment. But how do you know if you’re consuming evidence-based information or just speculation and myth? There’s still a lot we don’t know but ... <a title="Coronavirus: how long does it take to get sick? How infectious is it? Will you always have a fever? COVID-19 basics explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/coronavirus-how-long-does-it-take-to-get-sick-how-infectious-is-it-will-you-always-have-a-fever-covid-19-basics-explained-132963/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: how long does it take to get sick? How infectious is it? Will you always have a fever? COVID-19 basics explained">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle A number of schools in Australia have shut after students and staff tested positive for COVID-19. And some private schools have moved to online classes pre-emptively. Many parents are keeping their children home as a precaution for various reasons. ... <a title="Trying to homeschool because of coronavirus? Here are 5 tips to help your child learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/trying-to-homeschool-because-of-coronavirus-here-are-5-tips-to-help-your-child-learn-133773/" aria-label="Read more about Trying to homeschool because of coronavirus? Here are 5 tips to help your child learn">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mariano Kulish, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut its official interest rate to 0.25%. The bank’s governor, Philip Lowe, reckons this is as low as the bank can go. The cut – the first this century to have been decided ... <a title="Price-level targeting: how inflation-focused central banks can squeeze more from interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/price-level-targeting-how-inflation-focused-central-banks-can-squeeze-more-from-interest-rates-127100/" aria-label="Read more about Price-level targeting: how inflation-focused central banks can squeeze more from interest rates">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Norberg, Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his dismay at the hordes of “panic buyers” sweeping supermarket shelves clean across the country: Stop hoarding. I can’t be more blunt about it. Stop it. It is not ... <a title="Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/psychology-can-explain-why-coronavirus-drives-us-to-panic-buy-it-also-provides-tips-on-how-to-stop-134032/" aria-label="Read more about Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caleb Ferguson, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Centre, Western Sydney Local Health District &, Western Sydney University Australians should now be practising social distancing to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. By creating more space between yourself and others ... <a title="How we’ll avoid Australia’s hospitals being crippled by coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/how-well-avoid-australias-hospitals-being-crippled-by-coronavirus-133920/" aria-label="Read more about How we’ll avoid Australia’s hospitals being crippled by coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Mackie, Professor of Classics, La Trobe University The coronavirus is concentrating our minds on the fragility of human existence in the face of a deadly disease. Words like “epidemic” and “pandemic” (and “panic”!) have become part of our daily discourse. These words are Greek in origin, ... <a title="Thucydides and the plague of Athens – what it can teach us now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/thucydides-and-the-plague-of-athens-what-it-can-teach-us-now-133155/" aria-label="Read more about Thucydides and the plague of Athens – what it can teach us now">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Laging, Senior Research Fellow, Aged Care PhD, Australian Catholic University Social distancing is rapidly becoming a way of life as Australia fights the outbreak of COVID-19. This is especially important when it comes to protecting the older and disabled members of our community living in residential ... <a title="Virtual karaoke and museum tours: how older people can cope with loneliness during the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/virtual-karaoke-and-museum-tours-how-older-people-can-cope-with-loneliness-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-133771/" aria-label="Read more about Virtual karaoke and museum tours: how older people can cope with loneliness during the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Volodymyr Bilotkach, Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology The airline industry will wear the scars of the coronavirus pandemic for a very long time. On Thursday, Qantas announced it was grounding its entire international fleet. American Airlines suspended three quarters of its long haul international flights on ... <a title="Once the pandemic is over, we will return to a very different airline industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/once-the-pandemic-is-over-we-will-return-to-a-very-different-airline-industry-134124/" aria-label="Read more about Once the pandemic is over, we will return to a very different airline industry">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Samuelsson, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong Over the past few weeks, Australians have become used to seeing empty shelves in their local supermarkets. Coronavirus-induced panic buying has quickly depleted stocks of products like pasta, rice and flour. Major supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths have introduced restrictions ... <a title="Getting creative with less. Recipe lessons from the Australian Women’s Weekly during wartime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/getting-creative-with-less-recipe-lessons-from-the-australian-womens-weekly-during-wartime-133792/" aria-label="Read more about Getting creative with less. Recipe lessons from the Australian Women’s Weekly during wartime">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University The term “human security” was first adopted by the United Nations Development Program in 1994. We speak far less of it now than we did then. Yet the cataclysmic events of this year should remind us national ... <a title="In the wake of bushfires and coronavirus, it’s time we talked about human security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/in-the-wake-of-bushfires-and-coronavirus-its-time-we-talked-about-human-security-133914/" aria-label="Read more about In the wake of bushfires and coronavirus, it’s time we talked about human security">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Komali Yenneti, Honorary Academic Fellow, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne Australia is a “land of climate extremes”. This is especially true for our cities, which have become hubs of extreme summer temperatures. This past summer was the second-hottest on record for Australia, following the 2018-19 record, ... <a title="After another hot summer, here are 6 ways to cool our cities in future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/after-another-hot-summer-here-are-6-ways-to-cool-our-cities-in-future-110817/" aria-label="Read more about After another hot summer, here are 6 ways to cool our cities in future">Read more</a>
