Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Peter Beaumont reports on the World Health Organization’s warning that the premature lifting of COVID-19 restrictions does nothing but put people at…
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Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Patricia Treble discusses how the rise of the Delta COVID-19 variant is making it vital to hit higher vaccine targets than previously…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ivan Semeniuk writes about the changing COVID-19 pandemic as the primary threat becomes the spread of variants which weren’t known or accounted for…
Land Reform and The Birth of A Revolution
Half of the world’s people live in the countryside. Three quarters of the people living in poverty live in the countryside. Two-thirds of the income of the rural poor comes…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Gurney questions how it is that Ontario (like other provinces) is continuing to avoid any meaningful planning in its pandemic response, with…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ian Welsh calls out the latest example of deceptive use of COVID-19 data to minimize the risk people continue to face, as…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Grace Blakeley discusses how corporate handouts represent a major contributor to the concentration of wealth by the richest few. And CNN reports on…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Bruce Arthurt warns against letting up in our effort to fight COVID-19 just when a substantial victory is in sight. And Stephen Reicher,…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Matt Gurney discusses the need for public health planning to reflect the predictable reactions of people whose compliance affects the viability of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Michael Mechanic discusses how the promise of noblesse oblige represents nothing more than an excuse for a system designed to encourage the greedy…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Gurney discusses the complete lack of leadership which has led to catastrophic public health results in Ontario, while Haley Steinberg talks…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew Nikiforuk calls out the premiers who continue to spout talking points about “balance” while failing utterly to control the spread of deadly…
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…