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UBC EXPERTS EXPLAIN COVID-19
Community transmission
GLOBAL NEWS
Dr. Stephen Hoption Cann, clinical
professor at UBC’s School of
Population and Public Health, on what
it means when the virus is passed
within a community, rather than
contracted by travel.
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The psychology of
pandemics
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To help flatten the curve,
let’s clean our air
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What actions can be taken to eliminate
air pollution and reduce health risks
during the outbreak? Dr. Christopher
Carlsten, UBC professor of respiratory
medicine and Canada Research Chair in
Occupational and Environmental Lung
Disease, and professor Dr. Michael
Brauer and associate professor Dr.
Sarah Henderson in UBC’s School of
Population and Public Health, offer their
advice.
In 2019, Dr. Steven Taylor, UBC
professor of psychiatry, made a
number of predictions about the next
pandemic — and almost all of them have
come true. His recently published book
The Psychology of Pandemics explores
how psychological factors are important
for understanding the spread of fear,
stigmatization and xenophobia when
people are threatened with infection.
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