What happens when communities compete to achieve elimination? According to data from the most populous state of India, Uttar Pradesh (UP), competition works. The number of cases there has just fallen below 20 cases per day in the past...
We all want to celebrate the holidays normally, with our families and friends. But COVID-19 cases are rising, and gatherings of different households, especially indoors, are proven spreaders of the virus. According to the CDC,...
Preamble
We wish to ensure every person’s right to have the maximum possible and sustainable health in all countries, regardless of wealth, age, color, race, religion, or prior health condition. We should make the best effort to...
The French have made great efforts over the past few months in the fight against COVID-19. We are even among the twenty or so countries that are champions of vaccination. The fact remains that we still do not know how to...
This document lays out proposed ventilation and air cleaning requirements for governments, businesses, and building operators. SARS-CoV-2 transmission is higher indoors than outdoors¹ and transmission is substantially reduced by indoor...
World Health Network and Covid Action Group Press Release
Most countries are taking woefully insufficient measures to win the fight against the coronavirus spread. Contrary to many official statements, vaccines alone will not allow us...
After successfully eliminating the virus from its territory for many months, in May 2021, Taiwan faced a rapid resurgence in cases. The vaccine coverage rate was extremely low at that time. The health system was rapidly overwhelmed, and...
44 times more deaths, 2021 second-quarter GDP set back several years, weakly defended freedoms, reduced mobility: the G10 anti-COVID strategy is on the losing end in every respect
Paris, August 19, 2021 – The Institut économique...
With the Delta variant becoming dominant globally, we need to change how we think about the properties and destructive potential of new virus variants. We need good policy decisions to ensure sufficient protection of our unprotected...
On Friday, July 30th, David Leonhardt in the New York Times "The Morning" wrote about how mysterious COVID-19 is. He emphasized the "boom and bust" nature of waves, arguing that human behavior appears to make little difference....
CP: Canada is, I believe, an exception, since both the elimination strategy and the mitigation strategy for COVID are carried out on the same territory. Can you explain this particularity?
SB: My country, Canada, has indeed...
Covid Action Group Podcast - Episode 1
Guest: Prof. Dr. Matthias F. Schneider Producer and Host: Alex Milne
Summary
Despite all we know about how to fight the virus, the western world has largely failed to contain its...
