Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schrieber reports on new data showing that more Americans missed work due to illness in 2022 than in any other year…
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Fault Lines
I was honoured to chair the Council Of Canadian Academies panel on misinformation. Our report, Fault Lines, is available here. https://cca-reports.ca/reports/the-socioeconomic-impacts-of-health-and-science-misinformation/
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – George Monbiot discusses how everybody is being forced to play COVID roulette due to the choice not to work toward clean and safe…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rachel Brazil discusses the effect of the “imprinting” from a first COVID-19 infection on subsequent immune responses which makes the spread of highly-mutated…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anne Sosin and Martha Lincoln discuss the war on empathy embodied by the flurry of media attacks against anybody with the temerity…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Agius reports on the growing body of evidence indicating that long COVID may produce lifelong aftereffects. Henna Saeed reports on the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – William Anderson sets out a few of the most important realities about the Kraken COVID-19 variant and its place within the ongoing pandemic.…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sara Berg discusses what U.S. doctors wish the public understood about COVID-19 – including the dangers of reinfection and the continued need for…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Kelsey Piper writes about the U.S.’ memory-holing of the successes of a vaccine program which resulted in exceptionally quick development and distribution…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines for COVID-19 prevention and response – including recommendations for masking and isolation periods even when…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Courtney Shea interviews Colin Furness about the combination of immunity theft and negligent public health messaging that’s resulting in widespread avoidable illness,…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Browne examines the differences between the Kraken variant and the forms of COVID-19 which have come before. Char Leung, Li Su…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Hannah Davis et al. review what we know so far about long COVID – and how much work remains to be done in…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Oscar Grenfell discusses how Australia is among the countries which has seen a declining life expectancy due to COVID-19 – with a distinct…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Chinta Sidharthan discusses new research on COVID-19 reinfections, showing that subsequent infections tend to produce similar immediate effects to a first one but…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stephanie Desmon interviews Ziyad Al-Aly about the reality that anybody infected with COVID-19 faces a substantial risk of heart problems as a…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Erin Durkin writes about the failure of the U.S.’ government to deal with the growing impact of long COVID – and the likelihood…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nicholas Frew reports on the wholly-unsurprising news that the XBB.1.5 COVID-19 variant mad its way into Saskatchewan before the holidays with zero…