Well! After nearly two years and with the perhaps imminent demise of Twitter, I figure it might just be time to dust off space off, give it a little renovation, and get back to work. But I certainly will not be alone in this particular venture. I have a few
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Maggie O’Neill discusses how new research is confirming the importance of avoiding COVID reinfections. And Edward Keenan asks what it will take for us to take even such basic precautions as masking if overflowing pediatric intensive care units are being seen as
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dave Yasvinski reports on the growing recognition that repeated COVID infections increase the likelihood of severe illness and death. And John Lorinc discusses how the ongoing pandemic should be pushing us toward a long-overdue focus on improving indoor air quality. – Sheila Block
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Winnie Byanyima discusses the importance of cooperation and coordination in responding to a pandemic. But Michael Lee contrasts the consistent message from doctors against the recalcitrance of governments in refusing to implement any public health measures as COVID and other respiratory illnesses
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rob Stein discusses the CDC’s recognition that new, more evasive COVID strains are becoming dominant in the U.S. Megan Ogilvie and Kenyon Wallace report on the growing calls for a return to preventative masking in Ontario, while Aline Schnake-Mahl et al. examine the connection
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Crashing Crypto
The latest crash in the crypto markets has unveiled yet another multi-billion dollar scam, and another overnight billionaire has just taken investors for literally billions in now stranded / lost assets. Now, I’m not writing this as a “see I told you so” piece. I’ve already documented my reasons for
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Manina Etter et al. study the causes of neurological damages arising out of COVID-19. And Roni Caryn Rabin reports on the recent research showing how mandatory masks have helped to prevent transmission in schools. – Jeremy Appel rightly notes that Canada can’t
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – Umair Haque theorizes that the relatively benign outcome of the U.S.’ recent election reflects a public that’s finally rejecting Trumpism. But Krystal Ball notes that some of the most important Democratic success stories (notably including John Fetterman) included a message based on
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Lastlings – Get What You Want
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tori Cowger et al. study how the presence or absence of mandatory masking policies affects the number of COVID-19 cases among students and school staff. The Canadian Press reports on the plea from Ontario doctors for parents and public health officials alike
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Gwynn Guilford and Lauren Weber report on the recognition by economists that COVID-19 continues to be a mass disabling event – even as public health officials and politicians try to pretend the pandemic no longer exists. And Cory Franklin and Robert Weinstein discuss the
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Attentive cats.
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk discusses the looming prospect that COVID-19 infections will cause ongoing damage by exhausting people’s immunity, while Betsy Ladyzhets writes about the lack of benefits for people who are disabled as a result of long COVID. Andre Picard highlights how children have
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Erin Prater reports on research showing how long COVID may be traced to excessive pruning of connections in the brain. Faye Flam highlights why anybody who’s been infected will need to be on the outlook for stroke symptoms. And Norman Swan warns of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Keenan Sorokan reports on the unprecedented number of students out sick from school in the Saskatoon area, while Karen Bartko reports on a spike in respiratory illnesses among Edmonton students. And Andrew Potter writes about the concurrent drops in government capacity and
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Sneaker Pimps – Fighter
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Assorted content to end your week. – A panel of experts has offered a set of recommendations to deal with the current COVID-19 reality, including a particular focus on the need for whole-of-society action rather than leaving a global pandemic to individual choices. And David Berger highlights how the facts
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Armine Yalnizyan writes that in the face of an impending self-inflicted recession, governments should be using their available resources (and taxing the richest people and corporations) to make sure people at the bottom of the income scale don’t once again bear the
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