Seven government researchers who helped to guide their governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic speak out.… Read More
18th December 2020 Fred de Sam Lazaro PBS News Hour @NewsHour For much of the pandemic, New Zealand has often … Read More
As industrialised countries have struggled, much of the developing world has quietly shown remarkable levels of preparedness and creativity during the pandemic. Yet the developed world is paying little attention.… Read More
9th October 2020 Gretchen Vogel Science @sciencemagazine The country’s pandemic policies came at a high price—and created painful rifts in … Read More
24th June 2020 Andrea Saltelli, Gabriele Bammer, Isabelle Bruno, Erica Charters, Monica Di Fiore, et al Nature @nature The COVID-19 … Read More
1st September 2020 Sci-Com.au @SciComEU https://youtu.be/97iJIwBQ5qE If COVID-19 is the 9/11 moment for global public health, what needs to … Read More
Centres of government (CoGs) have played an important role in tackling the crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This paper discusses the high-level institutional arrangements put in place by governments to manage policy responses to the pandemic, with a special focus on CoG’s leading or supporting role in three main dimensions: co-ordination and strategic planning, the use of evidence to inform decision-making, and communicating decisions to the public… Read More
4th August 2020 Amy Maxmen & Jeff Tollefson Nature @nature The scenarios foresaw leaky travel bans, a scramble for vaccines … Read More
5th August 2020 Megan Scudellari Nature @nature This coronavirus is here for the long haul — here’s what scientists predict … Read More
Date Ed Yong The Atlantic @TheAtlantic A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees. How did … Read More
