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Kids still need to exercise
Open Forum | March 21, 2020As social distancing policies come into play and schools progressively cancel sports, excursions and extra-curricular activities, the temptation to fill the void with yet-more screen time should be avoided.
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Masks, no gatherings!
Victoria Li | March 20, 2020It’s not only doctors who are calling for more action to curb coronavirus. School children are starting their own petitions to urge their elders to protect people from the disease.
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A global emergency demands a global solution
Peter Drysdale | March 20, 2020Dealing with the crisis alone incurs only deeper health and economic costs. Tackling a crisis that knows no borders demands a truly global response.
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Understanding – and enforcing – self-isolation
Maria O Sullivan | March 20, 2020Australia will likely hit a peak in coronavirus cases around the height of flu season, further straining our health system and increasing the likely death toll. Getting a flu vaccination in addition to other health measures will help.
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Discussing coronavirus with your kids
Monique Robinson | March 19, 2020If questions are being asked in your family, here’s a guide to help you navigate the issues around coronavirus and explain the changes it’s bringing to your children’s lives.
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Learning the lessons
Open Forum | March 18, 2020Australian governments at all levels should have learned a lot between the onset of the bushfire season and the first stages of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Dear Prime Minister…
Greg Kelly | March 17, 2020An open letter signed by a growing number of Australian doctors is calling for more urgent action to ‘lock down’ Australia and prepare the health system to address the fast growing Coronavirus epidemic.
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Worried yet? 5 ways to manage news consumption
Mark Pearson | March 16, 2020Coronavirus is dominating the headlines and social media feeds, and not all the information out there is true. Relying on trusted, evidence-based sources is the best way to keep informed as the situation develops.
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Cabin fever?
Amy Young | March 16, 2020With more advice for people to ‘self-isolate’ themselves after travel or contact with people with symptoms, what are the psychological impacts, and consequent social impacts, we can expect?
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Testing new arrivals could save more lives
Wayne Robertson | March 15, 2020It would be a tragedy if the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread because the authorities failed to give swab tests to everyone who meets the appropriate criteria.
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Regional leadership and responses to the coronavirus
ANU Editorial Board | March 14, 2020Greater communication and coordination between all countries is needed until the scientific community develops a vaccine to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.
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The ethical challenge of Coronavirus
Paul Komesaroff | March 13, 2020The coronavirus pandemic is forcing us to ask some very hard questions about the balance to strike between health, business and personal freedom, but will we be ready for the answers if hard decisions must be made?