Art to Guide the Masses
Can sitcoms save the day? Back in the 80s, there was a very funny show about a detective agency, Moonlighting. It was a take on the classic enemies-to-lovers trope with…
Marie Snyder
The Daycare Years
Many of our ideas of virus transmission haven’t changed in decades, for better and worse. Almost 30 years ago, I ran a daycare out of my home for a little…
It’s Still Not a Cold
Stats Canada just posted a report on Long Covid. They highlight that the risk of long term symptoms is cumulative, increasing with the number of Covid infections. By three or…
Living in a Nightmare
“Many describe living in a sort of waking, powerless nightmare where an obvious catastrophe is unfolding but society just blithely ignores it.” That’s from this Guardian article from May 2022…
The Danger Posed by Covid is Indeed Being Underestimated
Covid updates from Ontario and Germany were in the news yesterday. But first, check out this graphic of tips for staying healthy over the holidays from the Canadian Covid-19 Hazard…
Just Safe Stories
Will re-branding Covid help people start acting to protect themselves from it? Maybe we need an ad campaign to kick-start public health. Outside of judicial rulings and before marketing, we…
Too Poor to Live, But Not Too Well to Die
In March 2024, Canadians with mental health problems who haven’t found significant relief from their condition will be able to get Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). As I wrote recently…
The Questionable Wisdom of Institutions of Higher Learning
Trying to convince universities to allow remote learning in maskless in-person classes and maybe to allow mini-HEPAs on the desk during exams appears to be futile despite the current risk…
It’s not the Lockdowns. It’s the Covid!
For people, like Maria Van Kerkhove of the WHO, who think immunity debt or the immunity gap or whatever new name they give for it is the problem, this one’s…
Are the Covid Inquiries Just for Show?
How many inquiries do we need before Public Health kicks into gear again?? Wastewater in my area is hitting the tippy top of the graph, and that’s after the y-axis…
The System Isn’t the Problem
See Lecce’s announcement on a mandatory anti-communism curriculum coming to schools: But then also check out Frank Domenic’s take on it and how similar our current provincial government is to…
New Covid: It’s the Real Thing
This might be just what we need to change the script. An Australian publication briefly had this headline: Why you don’t want to catch new Covid: Which was unceremoniously changed…
Fracking Hell!
Sunday was the busiest day ever for air travel in the U.S. Almost 3 million people were screened at airports across the country. Meanwhile, Gianluca Grimalda lost his job doing…
How to Know
We need to fight back on the idea that there’s nothing we can really know. When I taught, more and more I’d run up against the claim that there’s nothing…
These Masks are Made for Walking…Pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumonia infections are on the rise in children in parts of the world, but the typically mild illness is sending them to the hospital. Forbes reports, “Typically, mycoplasma pneumonia…
It’s a Ruse!
We have to acknowledge how far we’ve gone down the rabbit hole of lies to be able to ignore this Covid wave that’s almost reaching the highest peak of hospitalizations.…
A Brief History of Letting it Rip
Something, at some time, eventually, will be the last straw that finally gets people everywhere to change their behaviour around Covid. This is where I live, and I rarely see…
A Genius of a Virus
We’re starting to see more effects of Covid. Yesterday, biorisk consultant Conor Browne wrote about something many have been screaming into the void for some time now: “A core part…
Disagnosing Mental Illness During Difficult Times
A guest essay in the NY Times makes some excellent points about the way we’re framing mental health issues in kids. Psychologist Darby Saxbe discusses the well-intentioned but problematic way…
On Learning Loss
A New York Times piece discusses, again, learning loss from the lockdowns of 2020, but a new study shows the lockdowns actually improved some skills. The Editorial Board of the…