Experts and organisations sharing their views and advice.
The Spinoff
Grief is an unwanted guest at the best of times, none more so than when you can’t actually have guests. Sam Brooks writes about how he's processing grief in a time of lockdown. Lockdown is perhaps the first time in modern history where a lot of us have too much time on our hands. Some of us don’t
Newsroom
How can enough Covid-19 vaccine be made quickly for 7.8 billion people and should New Zealand produce its own vaccine?
the Guardian
Philadelphia was ill-prepared; Seattle responded quickly. The results offer a stark lesson, says Nancy K Bristow, a professor of history at the University of Puget Sound
The Intercept
Writer Zak Cheney-Rice and journalist John Washington are this week’s guests.
Newsroom
Our attention is now turning to how our ways of life will need to change, raising important questions about our democracy, writes Victoria University of Wellington's Esther Marshall.
The Spinoff
The weight of Covid-19 will be very unequally distributed. Duncan Greive writes about where it will land, and how those it hits might come out from under it. This is the second of a two part series – read the first here There’s a graph I keep thinking about which shows the potential strangenes
Newsroom
The Government says it is doing enough to avert what Queenstown's Mayor calls an impending "humanitarian crisis".
www.nature.com
Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2 . Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2 .
The Spinoff
In the first part of our new series with Kiwibank answering your questions about Covid-19's impact on New Zealanders’ finances, a reader asks about ways to get their business through the economic downturn and take advantage of new opportunities. Kiwibank’s Nigel Gaudin responds. Dear Nigel, I
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Could business travel collapse in the age of coronavirus? And could that make fares more expensive?
1 NEWS
In 2019 alone, claims by over 65s for falls made up around seven percent of all claims recieved that year.
The Nation
Historically, in hyper-crises, local and global systems can change fundamentally. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit first China and then the rest of the globe, the question of whether the American imperial era might be faltering was already on the table, amid that country’s endless wars and with the world’s most capricious leader.
The Spinoff
As the past few weeks have starkly revealed, we can't always conflate the occupants of a single residence into one neat group. Anthropologists Susanna Trnka and Sharyn Graham Davies explain. On March 23, New Zealanders were presented with a stark and unprecedented demand to get into our "bubbles
Newsroom
NZ scored just 54 out of 100 on an international assessment of pandemic preparedness in October. How have we nonetheless managed to weather the storm so far?
Stuff
OPINION: Employers who take advantage of desperate Kiwis must be held to account.
Asia Times
US President Donald Trump’s power struggle with China was perhaps the defining feature of his presidency, until the Covid-19 pandemic struck, writes BIlly Bambrough in Forbes. The pandemic – …
www.nature.com
Nature wades through the literature on COVID-19 so you don’t have to. A selection of the latest research on COVID-19.
www.bbc.com
People hate price gouging. Can businesses navigate supply chain stress and changing consumer behaviour without raising prices – and should they?
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RNZ
New Zealand composer Nigel Keay is keeping busy under strict quarantine in Paris. He's been working with saxophonist Daniel Kientzy who has his own internet radio outlet. By sheer coincidence their latest project was already underway when Paris went into lockdown.
Stuff
With sport, concerts and gigs all cancelled, is a rules rethink needed to save the events industry?
the Guardian
Iran reports 96 more deaths; Spain’s death toll shows slight rise; Germany calls for ‘very careful’ easing of lockdown; New Zealand says ‘worst is over’
Asia Times
American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup, by Francis H. Buckley. Encounter Books, 2020. 170 pages with index. US$23.99 Francis Buckley, a professor of law at George Mason Univer…
Newsroom
Hopes for ending the Covid-19 pandemic quickly are pinned on finding the Holy Grail, Hail Marys and even magic blood.
The Intercept
An appalling milestone of death is being reached in the Covid-19 pandemic that Donald Trump has downplayed over and over again.
