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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
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
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Milne, Senior Lecturer, Resources, Environment and Development, Australian National University The world faces profound disruption. For Australians who lived through the most horrific fire season on record, there has been no time to recover. The next crisis is now upon us in the form of COVID-19. ... <a title="From the bushfires to coronavirus, our old ‘normal’ is gone forever. So what’s next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/from-the-bushfires-to-coronavirus-our-old-normal-is-gone-forever-so-whats-next-134994/" aria-label="Read more about From the bushfires to coronavirus, our old ‘normal’ is gone forever. So what’s next?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW It has been said we are “at war” with the COVID-19 coronavirus. I’m not drawn to martial metaphors, but that’s not wrong. Another way to put it is that we, as a society, are in a strategic interaction with the virus. ... <a title="Vital Signs: a lesson from game theory the coronavirus contrarians ignore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/vital-signs-a-lesson-from-game-theory-the-coronavirus-contrarians-ignore-135821/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: a lesson from game theory the coronavirus contrarians ignore">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Wessell, Associate Professor in History, Southern Cross University The washing, drying, ironing, airing, pushing baby in his pram – these can all take on a different aspect if done with figure consciousness … Stretch to the ceiling Relax to the floor Swing to the window Swing ... <a title="Great time to try: cleaning the house (while fitting in a workout)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/great-time-to-try-cleaning-the-house-while-fitting-in-a-workout-135816/" aria-label="Read more about Great time to try: cleaning the house (while fitting in a workout)">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn McMahon, Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University A distinctive feature of the prosecution of Cardinal George Pell is that the former choirboy who accused him of sexual abuse (known in the High Court as Complainant “A”) was regarded as a credible witness by the jury ... <a title="Pell decision: why sexual offence trials often result in acquittal, even with credible witnesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/pell-decision-why-sexual-offence-trials-often-result-in-acquittal-even-with-credible-witnesses-135932/" aria-label="Read more about Pell decision: why sexual offence trials often result in acquittal, even with credible witnesses">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Palmer, Associate professor, Deakin University The law on what we can and can’t do during the coronavirus outbreak is changing on an almost hourly basis. Some of what is written now might be overtaken by the shifts in the pandemic powers of control. But we need ... <a title="Pandemic policing needs to be done with the public’s trust, not confusion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/pandemic-policing-needs-to-be-done-with-the-publics-trust-not-confusion-135716/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic policing needs to be done with the public’s trust, not confusion">Read more</a>
