Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ewen Callaway writes about the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic – with both a high baseline of cases, and frequent “wavelets” in comparison to seasonal diseases as new variants develop and spread with little resistance.  – Tina Yazdani and Meredith Bond report on

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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Emma Farge and Mrinalika Roy report on the World Health Organization’s warning that it’s dangerous to act like the COVID pandemic is over. Davide Mastracci observes that governments who have been willing to bother protecting citizens against substantial community spread have been successful even

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Accidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Murray Mandryk discusses how COVID-19 has highlighted and exacerbated existing inequality in Saskatchewan. And Aaron Wherry points out that Canada shouldn’t treat its privileged position in securing early access to vaccines as cause to ignore the pandemic which will continue to rage around

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Accidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Justin Ling writes that the third wave of COVID currently swamping conservative-run provinces can be traced back directly to our leaders’ refusal to acknowledge and act on scientific realities. Nora Loreto discusses the super-spreader events in workplaces which governments have consistently covered up

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Accidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – Anya Zoledziowski discusses how we’re only facing a third wave of COVID-19 due to avoidable political choices, while the Globe and Mail’s editorial board laments the epidemic of political negligence which has resulted in severe consequences for public health and welfare. Elizabeth

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