Articles for Nathan Geffen

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New medicines for drug-resistant TB will save lives. But will they be affordable where they are most needed?

Study, published today in New England Journal Medicine, shows that a new regimen is safer and more effective than the current standard of care.

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News | 22 December 2022

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Debunking the myth that Africa responded well to Covid

We should not let governments that failed to even count their dead off the hook

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Analysis | 5 September 2022

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ITHUBA campaign raises troubling questions for Twitter

How did a disguised advertising campaign trend to number one in South Africa? And how often does this happen?

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News | 25 August 2022

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GroundView | 17 August 2022

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Why I donate money to Ukraine

South Africa’s failure to support the United Nations resolution calling for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine was a low-point in our foreign policy.

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Opinion | 1 July 2022

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Two years into the Covid disaster, where do we stand?

Far fewer people are dying but the disease remains extremely serious

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Science | 12 May 2022

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Broken bureaucracy violating prisoners’ rights

Sifiso Tembe may or may not be guilty. But he has definitely not been given a fair trial process

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News | 10 May 2022

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Dodgy lotteries: what the SIU can and can’t do

And why it’s important that the NPA joins the fray

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Analysis | 6 April 2022

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Committee to decide on Pfizer vaccine for adolescents

This follows an appeal by vaccine sceptics against SAHPRA’s decision to approve this Covid vaccine for teenagers

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Brief | 4 February 2022

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Covid-19: How South Africa differs from the rest of the continent

Deaths have been massively underestimated in Africa

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Science | 19 January 2022

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Health policy has become a confused mess

The health department has withdrawn welcome changes to isolation, quarantine and contact tracing policies

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Opinion | 29 December 2021

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Covid-19 has claimed nearly a quarter of a million lives in South Africa

Here’s how deaths have changed over the past two decades

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Science | 8 October 2021

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Nick Hudson and PANDA are wrong. Believing them is deadly

Vaccines are working in South Africa. Here’s the proof

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Science | 14 September 2021

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How to boost the Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Government has got a few things right, but there’s so much more it can still do

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Opinion | 18 August 2021

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Deaths from Covid-19 are more than double the official count

Researchers have suggested how government can help fix the numbers

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Science | 12 August 2021

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Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

Those who dispute that the Covid vaccines used in South Africa are safe and effective are just wrong

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Opinion | 10 August 2021