COVID-19 Archives - Anticentric

COVID in Shanghai: Ordinary people under lockdown – Part 2

August 11, 2022 Zhang Mengying

COVID lockdowns have had practical impacts on people in China for years now and even the biggest cities have not been immune to quarantines.

Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies – Part 1

May 30, 2022 Anticentric

Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies that are unpredictable and push people as much as rising cases. Leaving Hong Kong is not easy due to flight bans, testing and cancelled routes. Avoiding positive tests emerges as biggest challenge before joining the exodus. An exodus out of Hong Kong has grown. Spooked

Unrest and insurrection in Mozambique leave thousands in the lurch

July 15, 2021 Sergio Held

Unrest and insurrection in Mozambique have led to a staggering figure of displacement in the east African country of Mozambique, where more than 800,000 people have fled their homes amid violence and terror over the past four years in the area around Cabo Delgado.

Social unrest in Mozambique: Half a million people displaced

January 4, 2021 Sergio Held

Social unrest in Mozambique has led to staggering numbers of displaced people, hunger and violence in 2020 and 2021 could be even worse.

Vaccine hesitancy and antivaxxer sentiment on the rise around the world

November 18, 2020 Alfred Romann

Vaccine hesitancy and antivaxxer sentiments are on the rise. The podcast series Antivaxxers?! explores how they might impact the COVID-19 recovery.

Vaccine protests in Brazil hit the streets and raise debate over COVID-19 shots

November 4, 2020 Sergio Held

Vaccine protests in Brazil over the weekend when sympathizers of President Jair Bolsonaro staged widespread protests against the possibility that vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 could be mandatory.

Fears of mandatory vaccinations are on the rise

Fears of mandatory vaccination: Shot, anyone?

October 13, 2020 Sergio Held

Fears of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 are on the rise and the debate is polarizing people around the world, from the U.S. to Canada, India, across Latin America and Europe. Proposals to roll out armies of vaccinators, once a vaccine is approved, in places like the UK are raising eyebrows

Anti-vaxxer movements are on the rise: Podcast

October 6, 2020 Alfred Romann

Anti-vaxxer movements are on the rise even as more than 178 teams of researchers work around the clock to develop vaccines and treatments to deal with COVID-19, the disease that has brought the global economy to a screeching halt.

Mental health: COVID-19 claims millions of uninfected victims

September 12, 2020 Sergio Held

In the fight against COVID-19, infection is not the only danger. Uncertainty, months of lockdowns, and even the fear of death is affecting the mental health of billions of people. COVID-19 depression is a real and debilitating thing.

Vaccine disasters spur antivaxxer doubts

August 18, 2020 Sergio Held

Vaccine disasters have happened but it is important to put them in context. Vaccine disasters and the number of patients affected by unexpected side-effects are minuscule compared with the billions of doses of people that have been vaccinated around the world for centuries.