No time to wait
Covid-19 does not arrive to a blank canvas. Instead, it snakes through pre-existing queues, igniting sites of vulnerability. As it does, it teaches us that we cannot have a...
We need caution, robust methods and strong evidence when quantifying the mortality impacts from the Covid-19 recession
Anja Smith | May 2020 During the last two weeks debates and discussions on the direct mortality impacts of Covid-19 relative to the mortality impacts that will flow from the...
We were already sick: Covid-19, non-communicable diseases, and the health response we really need.
Beth Vale | May 2020 In 1971, epidemiologist Abdel Omran, published an influential article in which he declared that humanity was undergoing an ‘epidemiological transition.’ The world was no longer...
Corona testing: the cost of certainty
Shivani Ranchod | March 2020 As with so much surrounding the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the associated Covid-19 illness, people world over are faced with trade-offs between the individual desire to...
When statistics lead to compassion and solidarity
Shivani Ranchod | March 2020 Paradoxically, wide-spread panic about the spread of the SARS-Cov-2 virus, and the associated covid-19 illness does not necessarily lead to sufficient preparedness and action. Wise...