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We are all epidemiologists

These days, it seems, everybody is an epidemiologist. If only. If only we could all adopt the habit of thinking in terms of population health - which is what epidemiologists do - then life would definitely be a lot better for a great many of us. But population health can be a little tricky to fully grasp, I find, and even trickier to use as the basis for personal decision-making. The tricky side of population health has been brought to the top of my mind recently by a lot of articles about the efficacy of vaccines,…

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The world’s biggest Covid-19 mistake

July 12, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray In times to come, I believe, the courtroom of history may hand down the verdict that the world's biggest mistake when confronted by the Covid-19 pandemic was the decision of rich nations and pharmaceutical companies not to share their vaccines and patents quickly and freely with poor countries. Not just for ethical reasons, but for pragmatic ones too. The pragmatic reason is that large populations of people, exposed to an entirely new virus, create perfect conditions for that virus to mutate. As Charles Darwin would have told you, most…

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So now it’s a race after all

July 7, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray Our squandered vaccination opportunity If true leadership is most clearly recognisable in times of crisis, then I don't need to say anything about Australia's current national leaders. Their actions, and lack of action, speak volumes on their own. From "not holding a hose" in the bushfire crisis to "it's not a race" when Australia had precious months to get as much of its population as possible vaccinated, the prime minister has summed up himself and his government. The bushfires are behind us, and it seems from interviews I've seen…

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