Back a few months ago I talked about a syndrome known as Learned Helplessness ( Thought of the Day - October 5 2021 - Learned...

I have held off talking about the B.1.1.529 variant for a few days as, to be honest, there is not a lot of concrete information released...

It has been a while since we looked at Oceana. This forgotten continent has been doing very well COVID-death-wise. The last time we...

Wow. After spending eighteen months in denial, guess what? This month Canada finally updated its mask recommendations. "In general,...

Now that it is assured that COVID is not a transient disease, there are a number of interesting areas of research that will hopefully...

It has been two months since we talked about the Olympics. Since then the flame arrived from Greece, to continue to excite Olympic Fever...

Last Friday Canada approved Pfizer vaccines for kids 5 through 11. While I am not surprised I must admit I am a bit shocked. As far as I...

With the US border fully open, Canada will be scrapping the PCR testing requirements for trips less than 72 hours ( Thought of the Day -...

Now the massive case increases seen in Europe over the last month (that is exceeding last year's peak) are manifesting into deaths. ...

Several months have passed since the first part of our tale was written ( Thought of the Day - September 6 2021 - Once Upon a Time ). For...

Nine months ago we looked at the various pandemics of the past ( Thought of the Day - February 18 - Putting Things Into Perspective ). ...

No, I am not referring to the holiday season I am talking about bear bells. Due to COVID travel restrictions, many more people in urban...

Since the start of the pandemic, well actually before the pandemic was officially a pandemic, I have been following Dr. John Campbell out...

You'll never guess what today is? It's National Raisin Bran Day in the US. For years, like Sadam Hussain, my go-to breakfast of choice...

The world's daily official cases and deaths continue to increase, by 8% and 3% respectively over the past week. Here is a new graph...

Since the start of the pandemic, scarcely a quarter goes by without another mink-related story. Thought of the Day - August 2 2021 -...

This year, as last, Canadians were discouraged from aggregating to commemorate Remembrance Day due to COVID risk. Most events were...

Eight months ago we did a bit of a dive on Russia, the main conclusions were that Russian authorities were dramatically underreporting...

Well after 20 months the Canada-US-Mexico borders are now open for "non-essential" land/sea crossings. Canadians wishing to enter the US...

Now I am starting to see glimpses of the ongoing scramble, driven by adverse reactions to vaccine mandates, behind the scenes. ...