Breadcrumbs List.
Coronavirus
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Protecting your relationship under lockdown
8 April 2020
Opinion: Jessica Maxwell, Nickola Overall and the REACH group offer advice on how to maintain your wellbeing and relationships under extreme conditions.
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A different perspective on Covid-19
8 April 2020
Opinion: How many lives taken by Covid-19 and how many lost due to attempts to prevent loss of lives from Covid-19? It’s a trade-off, writes Ananish Chaudhuri.
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Pacific defences: ocean, isolation and lockdown
8 April 2020
Opinion: The natural isolation of some Pacific islands could give protection from Covid-19 provided movement of people is strictly controlled, says Collin Tukuitonga.
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Crunching big data to help in a crisis
7 April 2020
Experts from the Business School have been analysing big data to assist the Ministry of Health and District Health Boards create a temporary funding model for service providers to older people living in their homes.
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Healthy brains in isolated times
7 April 2020
Opinion: As we adapt to a new way of living, David Moreau offers five easy tips to help minimise the impact of social distancing and self-isolation on our brains.
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Should we all be wearing face masks?
7 April 2020
Opinion: Should we all be wearing face masks to prevent COVID-19 spread? The answer is a bit more complicated than it may initially seem, explains Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
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A note on apartments and bubbles
6 April 2020
Opinion: Are you living an apartment during the level 4 lockdown? Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles has some advice on how to stay safe and healthy.
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No conference? No problem
6 April 2020
A creative solution to the fact that academic conferences have had to be cancelled all over the world because of Covid-19, Cancelled Conference Conversations, a virtual symposium series, is looking for interested speakers.
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Smashing down the barriers: Where are we at with Covid vaccines?
6 April 2020
Opinion: Associate Professor Helen Petousis-Harris summarises the vaccine scene with respect to COVID-19, with an extra reminder of what we should do to stay safe in the meantime.
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Deciphering New Zealand's COVID-19 numbers
3 April 2020
Opinion: Will there be 20 deaths, or 27,000? Virus mortality projections offer Kiwis very different outlooks - Robert Bartholomew explains the the missing variables that could determine which of these predictions will become our reality.
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Why those bubbles are so important
3 April 2020
Opinion: Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles has written before about the importance of isolation bubbles, and now she has a quick reminder of why we need to hold firm and resist any temptation to bend the rules.
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Sunday at Countdown
3 April 2020
Opinion: Last Sunday, medical student Emma Espiner made a slow and deliberate trip to the supermarket, where she found that we are approaching social distancing in a very New Zealand way.