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  • Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … Summary Future pandemics could be far worse than Covid-19. An Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) would … in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific, and globally. The Covid-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on health and … threat of future pandemics that could be far worse than Covid-19. 4 And these risks seem likely to increase with …
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  • The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ

    … The NZ Government must do more to clearly articulate its COVID-19 strategy: eradication or ‘flattening the curve’ … up its control measures to deal with the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in our view at least, there is still … SARS pandemic and seems to have been achieved in China for COVID-19), or is it going for ‘flattening the curve’ …
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  • Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms

    … (Figure 2). Figure 1: New Zealand’s 7-day average of Covid-19 cases in the community (confirmed and probable) … of Health data) Figure 2: New Zealand’s 7-day average of Covid-19 hospitalisations and cases in ICU or HDU (from 1 … transmission. Figure 3: New Zealand’s 7-day average of Covid-19 cases at the border (from 1 February 2020 to 16 …
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  • Changes in mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: NZ vs other countries and the stories it suggests

    … Zealand and a range of other countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The data show the massive behavioural … avoidance of lock-down measures.  The coronavirus causing COVID-19 disease first appeared in Wuhan in China in November … 84% (Italy). All countries with more than 1000 confirmed COVID-19 cases per million population exhibit activity …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … In this time of Covid-19, helping people who smoke to quit their addiction … discretionary income of many of those most affected by the Covid-driven recession. We looked at the policies of seven … is also likely to make people less vulnerable to severe Covid-19 infection. 2-5 Decreased household expenditure on …
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  • Poor ventilation in public transport settings in Aotearoa NZ: New data for buses and trains

    … NZ as a proxy measure for poor ventilation and increased Covid-19 transmission risk. In buses and trains with more … standards. Such interventions may lower the risk of Covid-19 and other respiratory virus transmission and ensure … important currently, given the continuing circulation of Covid-19 in Aotearoa NZ and the spread of winter-associated …
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  • Covid-19 was no black swan, but a paradigmatic black elephant

    … In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, everybody now knows that: Warnings about … but thought “the last one was it”.   The ‘unforeseen’ Covid-19 surprise International organisations such as the UN, … substantial resources and few had succeeded by the time Covid-19 struck). No country was adequately prepared for …
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  • Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset

    … that are critical for the prevention and management of Covid-19. Tax is the way we all share our resources in … of the poor and thus does nothing to reduce inequalities. Covid-19 has emphasised the gravity of these issues. Those … with fewer resources are the most adversely affected by Covid-19, for reasons ranging from less access to savings by …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Protecting the healthcare system: a strategic approach to reducing infectious disease impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … and the public as inevitable (or even tolerable) until the Covid-19 pandemic completely changed the infectious disease … measures largely extinguished community transmission of Covid-19 but they also caused unprecedented reductions in …   The winter of 2022 is challenging with high numbers of Covid-19 infections, hospitalisations, and deaths alongside …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … Successful control of the current Covid-19 outbreak in NZ is looking feasible but many … use of higher Alert Levels to geographic areas where the Covid-19 outbreak is occurring. Doing this requires the … territories with no sustained community transmission of Covid-19 (eg, Tasmania, Western Australia and Northern …
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