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Michael Bartos

Michael Bartos writes on global health. He was lead editor for the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, which reported to the World Health Assembly in May 2021. He is Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Sociology at ANU.

National Affairs Michael Bartos 1 September 2021 Flexibility will be almost as important as focus for controlling Covid-19 in the months ahead
National Affairs Michael Bartos 11 September 2020 A half-year of Covid-19-watching suggests the most effective way ahead National Affairs Michael Bartos 25 August 2020 Behind the growing Covid-19 optimism is worrying political and geopolitical manoeuvring National Affairs Michael Bartos 11 August 2020 Greater use of isolation would help us through the “middle game” of Covid-19 National Affairs Michael Bartos 28 July 2020 Outbreaks, vaccines, and the limits of centralised control
National Affairs Michael Bartos 16 July 2020 A sustainable Covid-19 strategy will mean paying much closer attention to people’s movements, and where they gather along the way
National Affairs Michael Bartos 6 July 2020 Victoria’s experience underlines the need to acknowledge that Covid-19 outbreaks are inevitable and prepare better for them National Affairs Michael Bartos 30 June 2020 Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem? National Affairs Michael Bartos 16 June 2020 As the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, effective mitigation strategies are proving their worth National Affairs Michael Bartos 7 June 2020 Network effects, good and bad, have influenced responses to Covid-19
International Michael Bartos 1 June 2020 While the quest for treatments and vaccines continued, the language of global public goods dominated international pandemic talks
Essays & Reportage Michael Bartos 18 May 2020 Is the Trump administration using the pandemic to reorder the international landscape? National Affairs Michael Bartos 11 May 2020 The virus’s genome has been at the centre of the vast output of research findings National Affairs Michael Bartos 5 May 2020 Another week of pandemic responses highlights the uncertainties ahead National Affairs Michael Bartos 27 April 2020 The government releases its COVIDSafe app, and research continues around the globe
National Affairs Michael Bartos 21 April 2020 What can past pandemics tell us about the practicality of eliminating Covid-19?
International Michael Bartos 16 April 2020 On the evidence, the World Health Organization will come out of this crisis better than its most vocal critics National Affairs Michael Bartos 13 April 2020 As research reveals more about controlling the virus, Singapore’s rise in cases sends a signal to Australia National Affairs Michael Bartos 6 April 2020 Why cross-border thinking is vital in tackling the pandemic National Affairs Michael Bartos 30 March 2020 Tentative signs of a slowing in Covid-19 cases need to be balanced against the longer-term prospects
Essays & Reportage Michael Bartos 23 March 2020 In a week of drama, strategies sharpened but profound uncertainties remain Essays & Reportage Michael Bartos 4 March 2020 What history can and can’t tell us about the likely spread of Covid-19 International Michael Bartos 1 August 2018 Regardless of the result, this week’s election has pressed the post-liberation reset button International Michael Bartos 16 November 2017 As the army asserts control, the legacy of the struggle against colonialism still hangs over Zimbabwean politics