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Thought of the Day - November 21 2021 - By the Numbers
Now the massive case increases seen in Europe over the last month (that is exceeding last year's peak) are manifesting into deaths. ...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 21, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - November 18 2021 - Putting the COVID Pandemic Into Perspective Once Again
Nine months ago we looked at the various pandemics of the past ( Thought of the Day - February 18 - Putting Things Into Perspective ). ...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 18, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - November 14 2021 - By the Numbers
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...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 14, 20213 min read


Thought of the Day - November 7 2021 - By the Numbers
The world has now reached half a billion documented COVID cases. As mentioned last week official deaths are now over five million,...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 7, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - October 31 2021 - By the Numbers
Here we are on All Hallows' Eve - as a friend used to say "Good thing this year Halloween does not fall on Friday the 13th, that would be...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 31, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - October 24 2021 - By the Numbers
Again another week of steady improvement for much of the world. Unfortunately, increases in cases across Europe continue to predominate...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 24, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - October 17 2021 - By the Numbers
As has been the theme for a number of months now, the world's COVID weekly figures, cases (-4%) and deaths (-8%), continue to decline....
Cliff Fraser
Oct 17, 20213 min read


Thought of the Day - October 15 2021 - You're Kidding
I have started seeing more and more articles highlighting that kids are getting sick. Listening to our authorities here in BC, I am...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 15, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - October 10 2021 - By the Numbers
The world is still doing very well. Weekly case and death counts are again down by close to 10%. And, And, Canada's fourth wave did...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 10, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - October 3 2021 - By the Numbers
The world is still in a good place. Cases are down by 30% over the last month, and daily deaths down by 25%. While there are a number of...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 3, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - September 26 2021 - By the Numbers
The overall global trends continue along the similar lines we have been talking about for the past couple of weeks. Cases and deaths...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 26, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - September 19 2021 - By the Numbers
As you are well aware Canada is bracing for what could be our biggest wave yet. You also know that we are about a month behind the US,...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 19, 20213 min read


Thought of the Day - September 17 2021 - Economic Musings
Canada has the tenth-largest economy in the world with a nominal GDP of $1.73 trillion (according to the UN). Canada’s per capita GDP of...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 17, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - September 12 2021 - By the Numbers
The world continues to see lower new case numbers over the past week, down close to 10%. Mongolia, Israel and the UK are in amongst a...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 12, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - September 5 2021 - By the Numbers
This week's good news is that the world total for new cases and death continue to drop, this past week by about 8%. Unfortunately, most...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 5, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - August 29 2021 - By the Numbers
The good news from around the world is that the number of "official" cases and deaths has started declining for the first time in over a...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 29, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - August 22 2021 - By the Numbers
The US continues to lead the world in new cases (now averaging about 125,000 new cases a day). As their case fatality rate is less than...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 22, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - August 15 2021 - By the Numbers
Looking across the world, the US continues to have the highest official total of new cases (up over 20% this past week). On a per-capita...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 15, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - August 8 2021 - By the Numbers
With Canada's vaccine rollout rapidly winding down, and our unused stockpile growing (now 13% of our total received), I figure I would do...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 9, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - August 1 2021 - By the Numbers
As we close in on 200,000,000 total reported cases of COVID, daily new cases continue to rise around the world and so, unfortunately, do...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 1, 20212 min read
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