Separating science from politics and fear-mongering
In this commentary article for CNS News, Jeffrey Mc Call, professor of communication at DePauw University talks about how science has...
Societal Impact
3.9 million Filipino workers might lose jobs
In this article for The Manila Times, author William Depasupil says that 78% of businesses affected by COVID-19 will remain closed...
World Bank: Pandemic could push 60M into extreme poverty
In this May 21, 2020 report written for the Agence France-Presse, the World Bank said that 60M people around the world...
UNDP: Human development to decline this year for the first time since 1990
In this report published by the United Nations Development Program Administrator Achim Steiner expressed concern for the decline in the...
NEDA: Societal impacts of lockdown in RP
This article by Jake Maderazo for the Philippine Inquirer offers to us a rundown of some issues surrounding the COVID-19...
Austrian minister denounces the use of fear-based strategy to deal with COVID-19
In this 16-minute address to the Austrian government, Minister of the Interior Herbert Kickl denounces the strategy used by the...
COVID shows us that human, animal, and environmental health are interconnected
In this article for The Star, Jeff Wichtel underscores the reality that our changing world conditions have created the right environment...
The COVID-19 pandemic is also a threat to traditional politics
As the number of individuals infected with SARS-COV-2 increases, citizen trust in politicians continues to fall. For author Matthew Flinders,...
A great danger awaits Africa
The following article was written in February 2020 by Kaan Devecioglu, long before the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. In...
Why the next pandemic will come from wildlife
Long before the novel coronavirus, David Quammen already foresaw that a new pandemic will arise. He also predicted that it...