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Thought of the Day - February 28 - By the Numbers
Well, here we are, the last day of February. The world has seen a shade under 115 million official cases, 90 million of whom have...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 28, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - February 26 - Great News on a Friday
With the introduction of vaccines there were three big questions: Will it prevent symptomatic infection - thus save lives; Is it safe -...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 27, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - February 25 - The UK COVID Challenge
When the first round of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines were being developed and trialed the majority of the world's population had not yet been...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 25, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 24 - Australian Open Season
New stories about the "COVID Gong Show", that is the Australian Open tennis tournament, keep rolling in. First, there was the reaction...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 24, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 23 - Second Shot
With vaccines once again flowing to Canada, bolstered by the six-not-five doses of Pfizer per vial, Canada is expecting more than 640,000...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 23, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 22 - New Quarantine Measures
The new hotel-based quarantine measures come into effect today. People who travel by air, regardless of citizenship, face new measures...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 22, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 21 - By the Numbers
The world has had over 110 million official COVID cases. The big story though is how new cases around the world are dropping. ...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 21, 20213 min read


Thought of the Day - February 19 - Why All the Traffic?
With high unemployment and organizations still actively encouraging those that are working to do so from home, with no tourists and many...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 19, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 18 - Putting Things In Perspective
Thought I would change gears a little today, to put things into perspective. Deaths from COVID-19 are a real tragedy, but let's do some...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 19, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 17 - Mexico Bound
In February of 2020, we debated long and hard about continuing with our planned vacation to Riviera Maya, Mexico. Nerves steeled with...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 17, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - February 16 - Jamaica Me Crazy
Jamaica has had a tough twelve months. Overall they experienced more than a 30% drop in GDP in 2020. Tourist business way down, heck...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 16, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 15 - Vaccine Wars - It's a Madhouse
Vaccine Approvals (& Politics): It has been a wild two weeks, as more countries negotiate the politics and declare their hands. The...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 15, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 14 - By the Numbers
With the world debating the vaccine-versus-variant race here is what has been happening on the ground. Looking at countries (of over 5M)...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 14, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 12 - 恭喜發財 (Gung Hai Fat Choi)
On a regular basis, Robert Burns day ( Thought of the Day - January 25 - An Ode to Burns ) and Chinese New Year festivities overlap. ...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 12, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - February 11 - Worrying Signs
As you know there are only three broad ways to end this pandemic. 1) Stop COVID community infections, 2) Find an extremely effective...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 12, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 10 - COVID Can Spread Through Frozen Food
The WHO delegation, looking to discover the origin of SARS-CoV-2, held a three-hour findings press conference yesterday ( Thought of the...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 9 - COVID Hangover
As we look forward to life post-COVID, a new term is coming up, the "COVID Hangover". People have lead times for change and, like when...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 8 - So Sad We Still Don't get It
If it was not so sad, it would be laughable how we really just don't get it. As I have talked about before, COVID-19 is largely a...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 8, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 7 - By the Numbers
Case numbers continue to fall around the world - the effect of significant restrictions, especially in Europe. And this is now...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 7, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - February 5 - Mask School
One of the topics of the week in BC has been an update to the school mask-use policy. Looking back at the advice from the fall, which...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 5, 20211 min read
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