Dec 13, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Deborah Fuller If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, it’s possible that existing vaccines won’t be as effective as they have been. If so, it’s likely that companies will need to update their vaccines to better...
Sep 15, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
As Aotearoa rolls out its Covid vaccine response, although uptake is high, there remains a few who are either vaccine-hesitant or refuse to want the vaccine. Why are people so vaccine-hesitant? In this talk, Michael Lee outlines the key reasons behind the...
Sep 6, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Helen Petousis-Harris Health risks from contracting Covid-19 far outweigh the rare vaccine side effect linked to the woman who died in New Zealand last week. Helen Petousis-Harris explains. After hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccination doses given worldwide,...
May 11, 2021 | Politics & Society
The Minister of Health has said that COVID vaccine passports are “almost inevitable”. There is, however, a lack of clarity about just what has to be done to ensure that such passports are ethical and effective. They pose significant ethics and human rights risks and,...
May 5, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Boaventura De Sousa Santos As NGOs, UN agencies and the governments of less affluent states call for the suspension of patents, the stakes could not be higher. The consensus is that the current pandemic will be with us for a long time to come. We will enter a...