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Monetary Policy During the Pandemic
The world is passing through unusual times, with the Covid-19 pandemic forcing countries to adopt policies which would otherwise not be adopted. The pandemic has shrunk…
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How to End the Pandemic
Even with effective vaccines, the coronavirus and its new variants will continue to subject us to successive epidemic waves. Returning to normal life ultimately will require…
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COVID is Creating a Global Child Care Crisis
During the height of India's second wave of COVID-19, the air in New Delhi had become so thick with crematoria smoke, it's as if the city…
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The Challenges of Counting Covid Deaths
An accurate count of mortality during pandemic is possible if a database is created on the basis of demographic principles and sound information, rather than epidemiological…
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Are COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Fair?
At the age of 18 I very excitedly packed my bags and headed off for what turned into two years working on a charity hospital ship…
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COVID and Schools: The Evidence for Reopening Safely
After a school term filled with anxiety and vitriol, researchers assess the spread of coronavirus and the prospects for a return to normal. Young school pupils…
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Pandemics and Political Performance
‘Globally, the pandemic has shown that we are facing a democratic recession, revealing challenges that have long been building beneath the surface.’ Cartoon: Bruce Mackinnon The…
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Inequality in the Time of Covid-19
The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme…
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Global Herd Immunity Remains Out of Reach Because of Inequitable Vaccine Distribution – 99% of People in Poor Countries are Unvaccinated
In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world’s 7.9 billion people must be fully…
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COVID: The Three Barriers That Stop People Being Vaccinated
Getting everyone in a country vaccinated is like watching software updates load: it whizzes along for the first 80% or so and then seems to take…
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Rethinking Higher Education Policy in Digital Bangladesh in Post-Covid Era
The Covid-19 pandemic has raised significant challenges as well as opportunities for the higher education community worldwide to learn and explore. During the pandemic a particular…
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Global Herd Immunity Might be Closer Than You Think
When will the world have vaccinated 80 percent of all adults, the level presumed by scientists to produce herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? Most…