Tag: covid-19
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The lives of digital platform workers and sellers have been impacted by COVID-19 in surprising and varied ways. Here, 11 young people earning a living on platforms in Kenya, Nigeria,… more ›
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This report is an interim summary of the findings and recommendations from the Ada Lovelace Institute expert deliberation, chaired by Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery. A fuller report of the deliberation… more ›
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Many of us have spent the past nine months lusting for a normal night like that. Many of us have spent the past four years longing for a normal president.… more ›
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One of the world’s top 10 richest men is Indian, but nearly a fourth of the world’s poorest people live in India. And Covid-19 only made this paradox worse. “The pandemic has reinforced some… more ›
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The following text is a collection of notes I wrote down while exploring the process for manufacturing and distributing the two new vaccines that have appeared all over the news… more ›
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Video footage from Wuhan during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic shows how the Chinese government could have done more to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, and its attempts… more ›
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For all the devastation the Covid-19 pandemic has caused, there is finally a bright spot: For the first time ever, drug companies created a vaccine against a novel pathogen within… more ›
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The COVID-19 crisis has focused the minds of local governments on the need to build resilience into their recovery strategies. Despite severe budget challenges globally, cities such as London and Tel Aviv, have… more ›
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The pandemic will get worse before it gets better, and will continue to be a threat at least through 2021. The toughest climate challenge won’t be the cars we drive,… more ›