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Now that the World Health Organization has ended COVID-19’s status as a public health emergency of international concern, it seems like a good time to revisit a quote from way back in the aftermath of the first SARS (SARS-CoV-1) outbreak.
In the final report of the SARS Commission, released in 2007, commissioner Archie Campbell wrote: “if we do not learn from SARS and we do not make the government fix the problems that remain, we will pay a terrible price in the next pandemic.”
Today in The Conversation Canada, Julianne Piper and Kelley Lee of Simon Fraser University discuss the significance of the end of the WHO public health emergency, and the importance of using the lessons of COVID-19 to guide international co-operation in preparation for the next pandemic — because there will be a next one.
“Previous outbreaks of concern, notably SARS-CoV-1 and H1N1, initially prompted new attention and investments in pandemic preparedness. However, these efforts were not sustained,” they write. “Whether and to what extent current efforts will compel countries to act in collective interest is the crux of the issue.”
Also today:
All the best,
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Patricia Nicholson
Health + Medicine Editor
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The World Health Organization has declared an end to COVID-19’s status as a public health emergency of international concern.
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Julianne Piper, Simon Fraser University; Kelley Lee, Simon Fraser University
After previous public health emergencies likes SARS and H1N1, there was renewed investment in pandemic preparedness, but it was not sustained. We cannot make the same mistake after COVID-19.
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In Montréal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale’s literal translation and adaptation of the play, Oedipus (Marcel Jeannin) interrogates Teiresias (Leni Parker) as chorus leader (Mike Payette) looks on.
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Lynn Kozak, McGill University
During COVID-19, the world remembered Oedipus was not just a psycho-sexual drama. Such is the richness of a play enfolded in rich layers of myth.
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The Hudson Bay Lowlands is among the fastest warming regions on the planet, with temperature increases projected to be up to three times higher than the global average.
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Matt Morison, University of Winnipeg; Nora Jessie Casson, University of Winnipeg
The impacts of climate change on the terrestrial ecosystems, that comprise interconnected webs of snow, water, plants and animals, can be rapid, complex, and unpredictable.
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Former U.S. president Donald Trump at a campaign event in Manchester, N.H on April 27, 2023.
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Andrea Wagner, MacEwan University
The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Congress means Trump’s European allies need to carefully gauge their support for him.
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Levying substantial taxes on the super-rich would lead to far more societal benefits than harms. What’s taking us so long?
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Tom Malleson, Western University
The costs of high taxes on the rich are likely only to be moderate. But the democratic, environmental, and health benefits are truly enormous and could transform society and dramatically.
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Emergency management should account for the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
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Ali Asgary, York University, Canada
Emergency management plans need to address the growing risks emerging from increasing applications of artificial intelligence.
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La Conversation Canada
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Les nombreux symptômes du syndrome du colon irritable comprennent des douleurs abdominales, des ballonnements, de la constipation, de la diarrhée et des modifications du transit intestinal.
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Elisabet Navarro Tapia, Universidad Internacional de Valencia; Vicente Andreu Fernández, Universidad Internacional de Valencia
Et si le syndrome du côlon irritable avait pour origine une mauvaise adaptation du corps à la force de gravité ? Si elle était confirmée, cette explication changerait la façon dont nous le traitons.
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Arts
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Matt Weaver, University of Portsmouth
Offering an inclusive and diverse space for self-expression, Eurovision has found an appreciative audience in the LGBTQ+ community over the years.
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Environment + Energy
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Jennifer K. Rushlow, Vermont Law & Graduate School
After the Supreme Court overturned the Obama administration’s strategy for reducing power plant carbon emissions in 2022, the Biden administration is taking a narrower but still ambitious approach.
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Politics
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Kara Ross Camarena, Loyola University Chicago
Tanzania’s refugee policy in the 1990s is a good example of how geopolitics affects ordinary refugees.
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Science + Tech
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Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University
Despite the association of ‘Luddite’ with a naïve rejection of technology, the term and its origins are far richer and more complex than you might think.
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