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Social distancing can make you lonely. Here's how to stay connected when you're in lockdown

  • Written by: Michelle H Lim, Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology
Social distancing can make you lonely. Here's how to stay connected when you're in lockdownShutterstock

COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is a challenge for everyone.

We know positive social support can improve our capacity to cope with stress. But right now we’re being asked to keep our distance from others to minimise the spread of the virus.

Many people are facing periods of enforced isolation if they are...

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the Reserve Bank's plan for when cash rate cuts no longer work

  • Written by: Isaac Gross, Lecturer, Monash University
the Reserve Bank's plan for when cash rate cuts no longer workShutterstock

The coronavirus has pushed economies and interest rates into downward spirals.

New Zealand’s Reserve Bank pushed its cash rate from 1.00% to 0.25% on Monday, and the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate to zero on Sunday, making Australia’s cut of 0.25 points from 0.75% to 0.50% earlier this month seem tame by...

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The 'herd immunity' route to fighting coronavirus is unethical and potentially dangerous

  • Written by: Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Canterbury
The 'herd immunity' route to fighting coronavirus is unethical and potentially dangerousSimon McSweeney/Flickr

As most of the world tries to suppress the coronavirus spread, some countries are going it alone - trying to manage the pandemic through so-called “herd immunity”.

Herd immunity means letting a large number of people catch a disease, and hence develop immunity to it, to stop the virus spreading.

The Netherlands repor...

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Why are older people more at risk of coronavirus?

  • Written by: Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University
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As we learn more about COVID-19, it’s increasingly clear that your risk of severe illness and death increases with age.

Children under nine years of age seem to be largely unaffected, either with no or mild symptoms. None have died as a result of the infection.

People over the age of 80 years and those with chronic diseases are...

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  1. New Zealand outstrips Australia, UK and US with $12 billion coronavirus package for business and people in isolation
  2. How a time of panic buying could yet bring us together
  3. what closing schools and childcare centres would mean for parents and casual staff
  4. what are the laws mandating self-isolation and how will they be enforced?
  5. Australian arts need a stimulus package. Here is what it should look like
  6. Why haven't the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That's the A$20bn question
  7. Why NZ's tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the Pacific
  8. old books hold new insights for the digital generation
  9. Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic
  10. 5 ways nutrition could help your immune system fight off the coronavirus
  11. How changes brought on by coronavirus could help tackle climate change
  12. First pocket-sized artworks from Ice Age Indonesia show humanity's ancient drive to decorate
  13. The real economic victims of coronavirus are those we can't see
  14. What you’re seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present
  15. The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability suffers
  16. Government forced to "scale up" fiscal response to deal with impact of "scaled up" health response
  17. Reserve Bank and government prepare fresh emergency measures as markets tumble
  18. why are we cancelling large gatherings? And what other 'social distancing' options are left?
  19. Can I take the dog for a walk? Can I put the kids to bed? What you should and shouldn't do if you're in coronavirus self-isolation
  20. To limit coronavirus risks on public transport, here's what we can learn from efforts overseas
  21. How to flatten the curve of coronavirus, a mathematician explains
  22. Will coronavirus damage Trump in the US general election? And Morrison's ratings improve in Newspoll
  23. an incisive global perspective on deeper crises
  24. This coronavirus share market crash is unlike those that have gone before it
  25. We must fight climate change like it's World War III – here are 4 potent weapons to deploy
  26. How will coronavirus affect property prices?
  27. Scientists find burnt, starving koalas weeks after the bushfires
  28. Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership
  29. Should I test my gut microbes to improve my health?
  30. Snakes make good food. Banning farms won't help the fight against coronavirus
  31. More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep
  32. remembering a time when we were outraged
  33. Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands
  34. NZ's decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it's the right thing to do
  35. your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts
  36. your questions answered by virus experts
  37. Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison's government, with Peter Dutton infected
  38. 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of crisis
  39. the federal government is playing a risky game with mixed messages on coronavirus
  40. what they are, how they spread and how they make you sick
  41. what you need to know to prepare and respond
  42. Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown
  43. Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn't worked in the past, and it's unlikely to help now
  44. Michelle Grattan on the coronavirus pandemic and the government's stimulus
  45. 150 Psalms is a monumental choral event
  46. When your house has a (disturbing) history, what should buyers be told about its ‘past’?
  47. Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?
  48. 502 Bad Gateway
  49. projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past
  50. Remembering my friend, and why there is no right way to mourn the Christchurch attacks

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