Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sean Boynton reports on new research showing that the deadline 2021 heat dome was significantly exacerbated by the climate crisis. And William Boos…
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Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Claire Pomeroy writes that the establishment’s refusal to stop the transmission of COVID-19 has created a desperate need to account for the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – The University of Denver examines how prior infection with COVID-19 produces effects comparable to a traumatic brain injury in worsening the effects of…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lucky Tran offers a reminder not to take seriously the anti-science cranks determined to claim that COVID-19 mitigation measures (including masking) should…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Belinda Smith writes about the effect COVID-19 has on the immune system – including its making subsequent infections more severe. Karen Landman makes…
Sunday Evening Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – The OECD issues a report on the importance of avoiding climate tipping points – and the reality that we’re on pace to…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Elizabeth Yuko reports on the Biden administration’s creation of an office to address long COVID, while Joe Middleton reports on the soaring number…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steven Woolf examines the inescapable connection between political choices and avoidable COVID-19 deaths between U.S. states. And Christopher Blackwell discusses how the pandemic…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Zak Vescera reports that the Moe government’s push toward privatizing COVID testing has turned into such a fiasco that even the for-profit operators…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sarath Peiris discusses the Saskatchewan Party government’s utterly feckless pandemic response – which they’ve apparently decided to keep in place for the rest…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nick Dunne interviews Colin Furness about the impact the Omicron COVID variant figures to have in schools – and the need to…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Eric Topol writes that we have the public health tools at our disposal to overcome the Omicron COVID variant if our leaders are…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sarath Peiris discusses how Saskatchewan shouldn’t be anything but embarrassed by Scott Moe’s utter failure to look out for public health in the…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board discusses the need to consider whether to lift public health measures with care rather than stubborn anti-social…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lara Herrero offers a quick guide to what we know about the Delta variant – and how it should change our previous perspective…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Christo Aivalis discusses Jagmeet Singh’s much-needed willingness to take on the power of the rich to fight for a country that works…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Umair Haque discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has been turned into a cash cow to be extended for profit, rather than a public…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – PressProgress offers some background on the agitators disrupting Justin Trudeau’s campaign events, while Max Fawcett points out why there’s no reason for…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Economist charts how face mask use helps to slow the spread of COVID generally. And Supriya Dwivedi writes that the Conservative approach…
#Elxn44 Roundup
Links, notes and comments up to and including the first week of Canada’s federal election. – Shannon Proudfoot reports on Innovative Research’s polling into how voters perceive the federal parties…