Reasons to be cautious about a return to normal once the vaccine rollout begins
By Holly Seale and Kazi Mizanur Rahman
January 2, 2021 â 11.10pm
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Many of us are hoping the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine in Australia this year will bring us closer to life returning to normal. We are seeing pictures of jabs being administered around the world, from the US to Ireland, holding out the promise of protection from the virus. And the latest outbreak in Sydney is reminder of how vulnerable we remain until there is widespread and effective vaccination. It has prompted calls for the rollout to be brought forward.
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As the Sydney COVID-19 outbreak continues to cause anxiety, the calls for greater mask use have intensified.
Alongside social distancing, testing, contact tracing and a vaccine, mask wearing is a valuable tool in the fight against the spread of the virus.
A child s drawing on a window shop encourages shoppers to buy and wear masks.
Credit:Nick Moir
Footage from Boxing Day Sales in Parramatta and the Bronte Beach party has raised concerns that Sydneysiders are not adopting the practice in sufficient numbers.
The government is reluctant to mandate it, and some experts have pointed to drawbacks in doing so, but more can be done to encourage the practice even if government does not want to be heavy-handed about it.
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 3:27 pm
Almost 80 percent of drinks in New Zealand
supermarkets are sugary, swelling the nation’s health
risks and indicating that industry self-regulation is
failing, according to University of Auckland
researchers.
The study tracked drinks on New
World, Four Square, Countdown and Pak‘nSave shelves in
Auckland over the past seven years to evaluate whether
significant changes were made in the availability, sugar
content and serve size of non-alcoholic drinks.
The
study, published in the international journal
Public
Health Nutrition, was led by Dr Teresa Gontijo de Castro
and Dr Sally Mackay from the Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics in the School of Population Health in the
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Press Release – University of Auckland Almost 80 percent of drinks in New Zealand supermarkets are sugary, swelling the nations health risks and indicating that industry self-regulation is failing, according to University of Auckland researchers. The study tracked drinks on New …
Almost 80 percent of drinks in New Zealand supermarkets are sugary, swelling the nation’s health risks and indicating that industry self-regulation is failing, according to University of Auckland researchers.
The study tracked drinks on New World, Four Square, Countdown and Pak‘nSave shelves in Auckland over the past seven years to evaluate whether significant changes were made in the availability, sugar content and serve size of non-alcoholic drinks.