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Read more about the article Vaccines, viruses and global politics

Vaccines, viruses and global politics

US President Joe Biden announced recently that the United States was boosting exports of Covid vaccines. Great news. I guess this is because Joe and his government care deeply about the suffering of people in other countries and want to do their bit to help. Oh, wait, no. He's doing it to "reclaim American leadership" in the pandemic fight. Specifically, he wants to put Russia and China in their places because - as one news report puts it - "Moscow and Beijing have been taking advantage of the worldwide crisis to spread influence through distribution of…

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Sweden's flag, and Anders Tegnell. Photo by Frankie Fouganthin

Sweden’s shocking Covid-19 mistakes

Living in Australia, and with loved ones in Sweden, it’s hard not to be confronted by the extraordinary differences in the approach of the two nations’ governments to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia, after a wobbly start and a period during which I thought our government was giving up without a fight (unmonitored airport arrivals, the cruise ship stuff-up, the happy clapper conference that got the nod), knuckled down to take advantage of its island status and keep infections low – so far. Frankly, I still credit the political nous of state premiers…

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Bad advice on masks was a deadly scandal

Well before the Covid-19 pandemic, my wife's stepmother was in a hospital where influenza had taken hold. Elderly patients were quarantined in separate wards in the hope of keeping them away from the virus. Of those who were infected, some became gravely ill. We were allowed to visit: Sylvia's stepmother was in hospital for an orthopaedic procedure and didn't have the flu. She was in a four-bed ward with other elderly folk and when we visited we were asked to wear disposable gowns, foot coverings and masks. It was standard procedure, we were told. when dealing…

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