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The approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines may be the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is just that: The beginning. The end is still a long way off. Not only do we still need all the preventive measures that have become the “new normal” — social distancing, masks, hand washing — we’re going to need them for months to come.
Today in The Conversation Canada, biology professor Dasantila Golemi-Kotra and Canada Research Chair in industrial and applied mathematics Jianhong Wu of York University explain why it’s not yet time to toss out your masks or start planning a big, in-person birthday party. In order to reach the level of herd immunity required to end the pandemic, tens of millions of people need to be vaccinated not just once, but twice. That’s going to take some time and effort. In the meantime, all of us — including people who have already had their shots — need to stick with the “new normal” and not let our guard down.
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Health-care workers wait in line at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Jan. 7, 2021.
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Dasantila Golemi-Kotra, York University, Canada; Jianhong Wu, York University, Canada
Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has begun. But getting the jab doesn't mean abandoning masks, distancing and handwashing. Here's why the current preventive measures must continue post-vaccine.
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Elliott Zaagman from Michigan casts his ballot in the Democrats Abroad global presidential primary at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand, March 3, 2020.
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Angela Norwood, York University, Canada
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Mangroves, like these in Madagascar, provide a range of benefits, including protection from storms and the prevention of coastal erosion.
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Trevor Gareth Jones, University of British Columbia
Despite their enormous value, mangroves are being removed at an alarming rate. A new tool aims to help communities reverse mangrove loss and tap into conservation programs and funding.
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Le président américain Donald Trump s'exprime lors d'un rassemblement protestant contre la certification du collège électoral de Joe comme président, le 6 janvier, au cours duquel il a incité ses partisans à prendre d'assaut le Congrès.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Steven H. Appelbaum, Concordia University
Le narcissisme et le style de leadership destructeur de Donald Trump vont peut-être influencer de futurs dirigeants ou politiciens.
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Un militant pro-démocratie à Hong Kong tient une photo de Zhang Zhan, une journaliste citoyenne condamnée à quatre ans de prison en Chine pour ses reportages sur l'épidémie de Covid-19 à Wuhan.
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John Garrick, Charles Darwin University; Yan Bennett, Princeton University
L’enjeu est de taille pour la Chine alors que des équipes de l’OMS arrivent pour enquêter sur les origines du coronavirus. Pékin projette une image de réussite – et n’acceptera aucune critique.
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COVID-19
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Connor Bamford, Queen's University Belfast
The Conversation first reported on the novel coronavirus on January 13 2020. A virologist reflects on what happened since he first wrote that article.
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Business + Economy
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Olga Kokshagina, RMIT University
Interference with our brain's goal-directed functioning is increasing with ever more tools for virtual communication and collaboration.
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Politics
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Clare Corbould, Deakin University; Michael McDonnell, University of Sydney
Trump supporters have staked a claim to the US Constitution and the founding era of the country in their battle against what they perceive as an 'illegitimate' government.
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