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Thought of the Day - June 30 - A Glimpse Into Life In The Service Sector
Welp, could not help but share these photos. Our two daughters (Susan and Lesley) work in the Service Sector which has taken the brunt...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 29 - Alfresco Drinking
For the last little while I have been watching the discussion about allowing drinking in "public spaces" across the lower mainland. I...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 29, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 28 - By The Numbers
The great news is Canada continues to fall in the charts for the number of cases and number of deaths per capita against other countries....
Cliff Fraser
Jun 28, 20203 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 27 - Detector Dogs
You may have heard reports that a number of trials are underway to teach dogs to detect COVID-19 in humans. This is not surprising...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 27, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 26 - Worrying Signs Concerning Immunity
Back in March I was optimistic that those who "Recovered" from a bout of COVID-19, while potentially health compromised, should be immune...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 26, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 25 - Happy Phase 3 BC !
Happy Phase-3 neighbours, friends and fellow BCers. After a week with about 75 new cases and three deaths, Phase-3 has arrived. This...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 24 - The BC Economy
One of the other issues stemming from the coronavirus is the economic impact of the measures to contain it. At the end of Q1, it was...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 24, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 23 - Global Tourism Is Still A Thing
A month ago I highlighted the growing number of locales that had become "COVID free" (https://clifffraser0.wixsite.com/covid-19/post/thou...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 22 - Masks Revisited
Way back at the end of March I talked about the need for the use of masks by the general public in battling this pandemic...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 22, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 21 - By The Numbers
This week Canada added 2,609 cases (bringing the total over the 100,000 milestone), and 303 deaths (the majority in Quebec). Thus the...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 19 - Canada Will Do Better Than Most
While you have probably gathered I am a pragmatic (my brother uses the term cynical-optimist); I find it is a good way to live as most of...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 19, 20203 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 18 - Anti-Vaxxers
In the year I was born, 1959, it is estimated that 2.6 million people died of the measles, most of them children. Since then the miracle...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 18, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 17 - The Search for the Source
One of the many important challenges in the management of this pandemic is to trace the source of 2019-nCoV. This is important for a...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 17, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 16 - Mass Media
I was talking with our neighbour, Margaret, a little while ago concerning the blog. One of her comments was that much of what I was...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 16, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 15 - On The Road Again
I know, I know, we shouldn't have done it. But hey when you have a chance to tackle the mountains of our great Province in a new Acura...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 15, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 14 - By The Numbers
Canada (and BC) continued to decrease the number of new cases, under 4,000 (under 50), and deaths, under 300 (just one) in the past week....
Cliff Fraser
Jun 14, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 12 - Mink
Just when you thought it could not get any worse, as you may have seen there has been significant outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 12, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 11 - Why Are We Not Doing Antibody Testing?
Following on from my previous note there is a whole other body of tests that detect whether your body has produced a response-protein to...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 11, 20203 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 10 - Antigen Testing Limitations
Across the country we have performed over two million antigen tests; looking for signs of the SARS-COV-2 virus and thus an indication of...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 9 - Masked Runner
With the WHO finally expanding their recommendations to include the use of masks by the general public: And cities around the world...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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