coronavirus

Saturday Afternoon Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan highlight how inequitable access to vaccines around the globe increases the risk of variants which will hurt everybody.…

Friday Morning Links

Assorted content to end your week. – ABC News reports on the risk that the Delta COVID-19 variant can be spread through “fleeting” exposure rather than prolonged proximity. Daniel Boffey…

Wednesday Afternoon Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Zania Stamataki warns that we can’t afford to treat vaccines as a magic bullet against the dangers of the coronavirus when public health…

Tuesday Morning Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Canadian Press reports on new Leger polling showing that over two-thirds of Canadians want to see COVID-19 protections remain in place…

Monday Afternoon Links

Assorted content to start your week. – Josh Taylor reports on contact tracing which has revealed that “fleeting contact” can be enough to result in the spread of the COVID-19…

Sunday Morning Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – As Jason Kenney and Scott Moe rush to slash public health protections including mask mandates, Gavin Leech et al. study how important…

Saturday Morning Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Joe Vipond, Kashif Perzeda and Danielle Cane write that Canada’s failure to talk about the airborne transmission of COVID-19 (or the public health…

Friday Morning Links

Assorted content to end your week. – CBC News reports on the expert response to deaths caused by the spread of the Delta COVID-19 variant in a Calgary hospital –…

Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jennifer Yang and Kenyon Wallace discuss how the Delta variant makes the COVID-19 pandemic far more dangerous than it had been before…

Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tavia Grant writes that a year and half of experience have confirmed that the most important element in reducing the workplace spread of…

Tuesday Morning Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jessica Elgot, Aubrey Allegretti and Nicola Davis report on the UK’s delay in lifting coronavirus restrictions as it battles the Delta variant.…

Sunday Afternoon Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – Tom Parkin calls out Jason Kenney’s defence of genocide and its architects in an attempt to keep his party’s white supremacist base…

Saturday Morning Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ed Yong discusses the preventable dangers created by a shift in COVID-19 messaging from one of public protection to one of individual choice.…

Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Cameron MacLean reports that Manitoba is providing incentives to overcome vaccine hesitancy. But Guy Quenneville reports on the Saskatchewan Party’s refusal to…

Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Devon McKendrick reports on Manitoba’s announcement of a digital vaccine passport as a means of both incentivizing people to get vaccinations, and ensuring…

Tuesday Morning Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lauren Pullen reports on two outbreaks of the Delta variant of COVID-19 within a Calgary hospital. Emily Mertz reports on a push…

Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Adam Miller writes about the race between vaccinations and COVID-19 variants. The Strategic COVID-19 Pandemic Committee of Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association highlights…

Sunday Morning Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Olive rightly questions why big pharma has been gifted intellectual property monopolies and multi-billion-dollar profit streams over COVID vaccines developed through…

Saturday Morning Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Aaron Derfel writes about the threat posed by the Delta COVID-19 variant. The Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix editorial boards point out the Moe government’s…

Thursday Afternoon Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Max Fawcett writes about Jason Kenney’s reckless wager of countless lives in the unlikely hope that a Stampede can save his political…

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