COVID - Rationale Magazine

21 Mar

Lessons from social science forecasting during the pandemic

Imagine being a policymaker at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. You have to decide which actions to recommend, how much risk to ...

09 Feb

Science & Health

The gaping problem at the heart of scientific research

Researchers can't progress their work without access to very expensive scientific journals. The rebellion against the publishers and th...

07 Jan

Science & Health

In defence of nudging

07/01/2023
By Meg Elkins
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Nudging – the idea that simple changes to how a choice is presented can lead people to make better decisions – has been one of the most...

03 Oct

Philosophy & Psychology

Has the pandemic changed our personalities?

03/10/2022
By Jolanta Burke
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For many of us, some personality traits stay the same throughout our lives while others change only gradually. However, e...

28 Aug

Science & Health

Misinformation: The common thread between pandemics

Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social med...

29 Apr

Science & Health

Has Covid destroyed our trust in experts?

15/07/2022
By Carrick Ryan
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It started with a tweet. On 14 January 2020, as the world waited anxiously for news about the emerging virus in Wuhan, the World Health...

10 Jan

Letters to the Editor

A reality check for Covid-19 claims

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. Dear Edi...

04 Jan

Ethics & Religion

Has the pandemic fundamentally changed our ethics?

07/09/2022
By Hugh Breakey
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Over the past two years, our lives have changed in unprecedented ways. In the face of the pandemic, we have been required to obey deman...

17 Dec

Ethics & Religion

Shaming unvaccinated people has to stop

"Unvaccinated mother, 27, dies with coronavirus as her father calls for fines for people who refuse jab." This is the kind of hea...

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