Tag "Coronavirus"
Alas poor Yorick:
Musings on masks and mortality by top medic
To wear them, or not to wear them? That is the question. We are talking here about masks and on the subject, respected physician Dr Jonas Sharma is adamant.
‘Speed science’ and online rumour blur fact and fiction
Battling to cope with the incessant hum of contradictory Covid-19 messages and information? Fatima Khan guides us through the minefield.
Coronavirus lockdown in pictures
WAITING FOR BETTER DAYS: A woman sits alone on a chair outside a restaurant in Da Nang, in central Vietnam. Picture: © www.iancarbutt.com
Boeing, Boeing, gone:
Jet-set spread the disease, but it’s the poor who pay
The coronavirus puts communities least able to deal with it at greatest risk. Expect more economic migration, sustainability crises and other maladies, writes environmentalist Dr Andrew Venter.
Covid-19: Why testing takes time and what to expect
There’s a lot more going on behind the scenes in the testing labs than most patients realise, writes Fatima Khan
Stay at home, South Africans!
The Kiffness’s Dave Scott yesterday posted this powerful video, Toto – Africa (Covid 19 version), urging people to stay at home to slow down the spread of coronavirus. As the
Prayers for people in China
Roving Reporters Coronavirus Chronicles were sparked by this Facebook post from a colleague, Robin Martin Challenor. This was before many of us had even begun to think about lockdowns happening
