Andrew Harmer
Senior Lecturer in Global Health, Queen Mary University of London. Not an epidemiologist.
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I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen.
Six questions about the safety of kids, teachers, and families, answered.
Buildings and Cities
Article: Planetary health justice: feminist approaches to building in rural Kenya
I Am The Earth - music & lyrics by Glyn Lehmann (official)
Andrew Harmer
I wish - above all things - that political leaders would embrace, and then act upon, the very simple and beautiful message of this song
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Pandemic failure or convenient scapegoat: How did WHO get here? - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Donald Trump wants to break up with WHO for bungling its response to the pandemic. But since their origins 150 years ago, international health regimes have been a reflection of the nations that designed them. So when the United States accuses WHO,...
David McCoy: Restoring trust and confidence in experts and science is an urgent priority - The BMJ
The word trust has received a considerable airing in the UK over the past few months with covid-19. Much of this relates to the erosion of public trust in the [...]More...
New climate predictions assess global temperatures in coming five years
The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming five years (2020-2024) and there is a 20% chance that it will exceed 1.5°C in at least one year, according to new...
What Will the Summer Bring? w/ Gregg Gonsalves - MR Live - 5/19/20
Sam hosts Yale epidemiologist, Gregg Gonsalves, co-director of the Global Health Justice Partnership, to discuss the prospects of "reopening America" and wha...
Andrew Harmer
'What will the summer bring' - great conversation with my favourite US #COVID19 commentator/activist/academic @gregggonsalves (starts 32m)
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London hospital in Boris Johnson's constituency closes A&E after coronavirus outbreak forces 70 staff to self isolate
An outbreak of coronavirus infections at a London Hospital in prime minister Boris Johnson’s constituency has led to the closure of its accident and emergency department to emergency patients with 70
The Struggle for Health - RLS Brüssel
The objective of this collective work is to contribute to the debate on the role of health (and health struggles) in a general policy of emancipation with view to social change. Indeed, the brutal functioning of contemporary capitalism is a threat...
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Andrew Harmer
@kentbuse @PHMglobal @baumfran @KristofDecoste1 @Krionarheim @G2H2_Geneva Amit gave me his copy of #GHW5 a few weeks before his tragic death, so it's very close to my heart. He wrote this critique on 'the struggle for health' which is also excellent
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UK calls halt to data on number of people tested for Covid-19
After ‘temporary pause’ in publishing figure, government makes decision permanent
Andrew Harmer
On not publishing testing data, the UK government is taking us for fools: “we don’t think this statistic would be an accurate reflection of the amount of daily testing that is taking place.”
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Green economic growth is an article of ‘faith’ devoid of scientific evidence
Crack team that advised UN Global Sustainable Development Report settle a longstanding debate with hard empirical data
Make masks compulsory in public in UK, says virus expert
Prof Peter Piot nearly died of coronavirus and says he now wears one wherever he goes
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Andrew Harmer
This didn't happen by accident: "But it seems to have become a political issue there, he said. “Someone who wears a mask is a Democrat or a Republican who doesn’t support Trump.”"
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Make masks compulsory in public in UK, says virus expert
Prof Peter Piot nearly died of coronavirus and says he now wears one wherever he goes
Ennio Morricone - The Mission Main Theme (Morricone Conducts Morricone)
Ennio Morricone - The Mission Main Theme (Morricone Conducts Morricone)
Less is More : How Degrowth Will Save the World
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse.Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is ...
A tiresome SPAT
A blog about hospital infection prevention.
WHO COVID-19 Dashboard
World Health Organization Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Dashboard
A Clash of Climate Change Paradigms: Negotiations and Outcomes at the UN Climate Convention - USD 18.00 : Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce
Zen Cart! A Clash of Climate Change Paradigms: Negotiations and Outcomes at the UN Climate Convention - About the Book Climate change is the biggest problem facing humanity and the Earth. To address it requires fundamental changes to economies,...
Coronavirus updates: Open EU borders by end of June, says commissioner - BBC News
As ministers from across the EU meet, a commissioner says all internal borders should reopen soon.