The government must mass vaccinate the entire population now
CoViD-19
Posted inHealth
Why doctors dread the days the country celebrates
‘Big’ days in sport — or even just weekends — almost always spell an increase in trauma and gender violence. One doctor remembers a day she had to put her compassion aside
Posted inGeneral, Health, Lifestyle
Silence like a cancer
A trip to the leafy ’burbs demonstrates that noise pollution can strike anywhere, not just in urban apartments
Posted inHealth
Is the push for the vaccine a push too far?
In my opinion, there hasn’t been enough safety testing and I won’t be in the queue for a jab
Posted inHealth
Mass education campaign needed to counter vaccine hesitancy
Misinformation and a lack of government trust threaten SA’s vaccine programme
Posted inGeneral
It is your choice whether to embrace endings or beginnings
Our current era of crisis can also give us a promise of new growth
Posted inHealth
They call it a pandemic. It isn’t
As Elon Musk says, Covid-19 ‘is something with a very low mortality rate and high contagion’
Posted inHealth
A dog walk on lockdown lane
Coming across his memoirs of that first, glorious day of freedom is an antidepressant John Davenport would like to keep
Posted inBusiness
Creatives can shake up bureaucratic thinking
They are doers; they are makers and innovators. Such collaboration is needed to harness the potential of the creative economy
Posted inEquality, Health
The Covid pandemic has become a breeding ground for ideas about fake liberty
A rebuttal of Bert Olivier, whose recent opinion piece echoes every talking point of propaganda driving the agenda of authoritarianism
Posted inEquality, Media, News/Politics
Freedom@27: Layered, elusive, and personal
Four psychologists reflect on what liberty means to them, their patients and the country
Posted inHealth, Lifestyle
Science fiction’s warning against vaccine passports
The 1997 film Gattaca reflects the dangers of a surveillance state that discriminates against individuals who resist control