Tag: COVID-19

It is merely the reality that we must keep in mind as we go about, and not be under the illusion that we can now be totally free

The time is not about playing blame games and looking for scapegoats, but about seriously going about identifying the lacunae in our responses

As a society, we have to choose between liberty, equality and mortality. We can’t have all three.

Licensing agreements between pharmaceutical companies and the Medicines Patent Pool, in cooperation with the WHO, could accelerate access to doses for the poorest countries

  Measuring the equivalent economic cost of ‘lost life years’ due to the pandemic allows us to map the true scale of the crisis.

Meeting the recommended guidelines for physical activity reduces the risk of falling ill and dying of infectious diseases by 37%

  There were two main ingredients to Taiwan’s COVID victory, researchers have found

This is certainly not the Mauritius we want as a nation

La majorité des leaders ne s’excusent pas pour leurs erreurs, même flagrantes. Pourtant, des excuses sincères et spontanées sont bénéfiques

History suggests that the most difficult reforms have occurred at the peak of protracted crises. So, the time for change is now

Interview : Xavier-Luc Duval, Leader de l’opposition

  History tells us that the end of pandemics are rarely – if ever – neat, uncomplicated, or even easy to date

The development of the Covid-19 vaccines is part of a vast system of public subsidies and universities, not corporate ambition

Encounter

  Governments are naturally under pressure to focus on national rollouts. But the truth is none of us is safe until we’re all safe