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  • From across the Ditch: How Australia has to decide on the least worst option for COVID-19

    … politicians – we have avoided the explosive beginning of a COVID-19 epidemic that most other countries are now cursed … quickly as possible which treatments of people sick with COVID-19 saves lives. To work out our strategies for … with a chronic condition (for whom the mortality from COVID-19 is much higher). All of these measures I estimate …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … against whooping cough (pertussis), influenza, and Covid-19 which are more likely to be severe during pregnancy … risk of maternal 6 , fetal, and neonatal death. 5 Covid-19 vaccination is also recommended and funded for all … system also contribute. 17   Recent challenges with the Covid-19 immunisation rollout resulted in the spread of …
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  • How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology

    … of border controls which are critical to sustaining COVID-19 elimination, 2 even with the initial successes with … A zero failure rate associated with border control for COVID-19 appears to be possible, as per Samoa and Tonga over … failures. A hazard should be regarded as of concern in the COVID-19 situation given that it could lead to an outbreak …
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  • Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

    … will be covering emerging public health threats such as Covid-19; established public health threats such as tobacco; … also require rapid public health responses. 1-3 The Covid-19 pandemic is a particularly vivid example of a … emerge. Media interest in public health boomed during the Covid-19 pandemic. There was an almost five-fold increase in …
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  • Bioethicists, scientists and politicians; decision-making in a pandemic

    … element behind New Zealand’s successful response to Covid-19. I looked at the briefings from the Prime Minister … them. Bioethics played an important role in eliminating COVID-19 from New Zealand.” A central ethical value in … and Values Study conducted a survey before and after the Covid-19 level 4 lockdown. It showed that trust in the …
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  • Global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly, prioritise public health

    … trustworthiness. Five years since the start of the COVID pandemic, it can feel as if trust in the knowledge of … study examining trust in science and scientists since the COVID pandemic. It extends its reach beyond typically studied … measures such as mandatory face masks in public to prevent COVID infection. 2 People with higher trust in science also …
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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … as the 2020/21 survey was adversely affected by COVID-19 (e.g., the sample size was reduced) and the … However, data collection has been badly affected by COVID-19 and in 2020/21 the sample size was reduced to 9709 … methods. The most plausible threat from bias is that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a systematic change to the …
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  • High levels of CO2 found in small study of early childhood centres: Improving ventilation in the time of COVID-19

    … education 3 . There have also been high levels of Covid-19 infection and hospitalisation rates in this age … under five years are currently not vaccinated against Covid-19 5 and are too young to wear masks. Monitoring CO 2 … This is especially important with the potential of future Covid-19 variants. Reducing CO 2 levels in an educational …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … (2015-2022). 1 The survey did not occur in 2020 due to COVID-19. Figure 1: Year 10 (14-15 years) daily smoking … to 2021/22 . The 2021/22 survey was greatly affected by COVID-19 and the sample is insufficient to produce reliable … survey run annually since 1999 (except in 2020, due to COVID-19) by ASH New Zealand. It aims to survey all Year 10 …
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  • Is Euthanasia a health priority for New Zealand at present?

    … by the extra demands and changes required because of Covid-19. There is also an urgent need to implement some of … from the much more serious issues of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and to the Simpson review of the health …
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Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)