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A coronavirus spike may put ICU beds in short supply. But that doesn't mean the elderly shouldn't get them

  • Written by: Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Although recent encouraging news suggests the rate of new coronavirus cases in Australia is slowing, our medical facilities could still be overwhelmed at some point.

One modelling study has suggested that, if public health measures are not observed or do not work, demand for the existing 2,200 intensive care unit (ICU) beds in Australia...

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Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity

  • Written by: Ilan Noy, Professor and Chair in the Economics of Disasters, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Governments across the world have rolled out extensive financial packages to support individuals, businesses and large corporations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Equally, central banks have decreased their lending rates to almost zero, and have announced extensive and previously untested direct lending to private corporations and...

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How do viruses mutate and jump species? And why are 'spillovers' becoming more common?

  • Written by: Steve Wylie, Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
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Viruses are little more than parasitic fragments of RNA or DNA. Despite this, they are astonishingly abundant in number and genetic diversity. We don’t know how many virus species there are, but there could be trillions.

Past viral epidemics have influenced the evolution of all life. In fact, about 8% of the human genome consists...

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Guide to the Classics: Albert Camus' The Plague

  • Written by: Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University

Some weeks ago, I got an email from a student who had returned to Northern Italy over Christmas to see family.

Unable to return to Australia, they were in lockdown. The hospitals were filling up fast, as COVID-19 began to spiral out of control. Sales of Albert Camus’ 1947 novel The Plague (La Peste) were spiking. Everyone was buying it.

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  10. What does the coronavirus pandemic sound like? The voices of people struggling, secluding and surviving around the world
  11. Australia's telcos, banks and supermarkets granted exemption to cartel laws
  12. Young people are anxious about coronavirus. Political leaders need to talk with them, not at them
  13. Sleep won't cure the coronavirus but it can help our bodies fight it
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  16. Vale Bruce Dawe, Australia's 'Poet of Suburbia'
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  18. Thanks to coronavirus, Scott Morrison will become a significant prime minister
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  21. Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we're going to need a bigger boat
  22. It is necessary to worry about health, but pessimism about the economy will hurt us
  23. Imagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyper-partisanship from COVID-19
  24. Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?
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  26. Morrison has rescued childcare from COVID-19 collapse – but the details are still murky
  27. Free child care to help nearly one million families, especially workers in essential services
  28. Who can get tested for coronavirus?
  29. 1 in 10 children affected by bushfires is Indigenous. We've been ignoring them for too long
  30. How to boost your internet speed when everyone is working from home
  31. what are Australia's obligations to cruise ships off its coast under international law?
  32. Can I still go to the dentist? How coronavirus is changing the way we look after our teeth
  33. COVID-19 has thrown year 12 students' lives into chaos. So what can we do?
  34. We've known about pandemic health messaging since 1918. So when it comes to coronavirus, what has Australia learnt?
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  37. How coronavirus challenges Muslims' faith and changes their lives
  38. Australia's post-war recovery program provides clues as to how to get out of this
  39. Ancient Greek ideas on the health of the body politic
  40. coronavirus shows again why we value expertise when it come to our health
  41. With pokies shut down, coronavirus stress could drive more people to reckless online gambling
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