VIRUS 2019, Part 4 April 2020 Please make it stop!!! The media frenzy of fear mongering and highlighting the worst-case-scenarios seems to never end. We have virtually hourly updates (daily pep-talks from our Canadian Prime Minister giving away yet more money) and unending analysis of how it is our duty to follow the instructions of the “health authorities”. If you will forgive me for adding an attachment, we really need a little bit of humor to bring us back to a positive and optimistic look at the outcome

COVID-19, Parts 2 & 3 March 18, 2020 Last week Canada and the USA closed their borders to air travel from many countries, and with this morning’s news the border between Canada and the USA is now closed to all non-essential travel. People in both countries are encouraged to use social distancing and self-isolation as a method to slow and stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Unfortunately, the far-reaching repercussions of the virus response are not from the disease itself, but rather primarily from social isolation and

COVID-19 [Novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV] As of today 17 February 2020, the number of recorded cases of this virus has exceeded 71,000 and the number of deaths beyond 1,700 (a little over 2%). As so many resources are publishing their immediate understanding of the outbreak and the media is in a frenzy of fear mongering, I figured I might as well get my two-bits worth into the midst of the chaos.  The images of care- and lab-workers walking around in “space suits” and maintenance workers spraying buses and transports