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Thought of the Day - March 7 2022 - 100% of Canadians Have Had COVID
Here we are back in Canada. We survived mixing with the masses, managed to obtain negative rapid test results (the resort provided the...
Cliff Fraser
Mar 7, 20222 min read
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Thought of the Day - January 7 2022 - Rapid Tests
There are more and more articles appearing that are critical of BC for not releasing to the public the 1.3 million Rapid Test kits that...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 7, 20222 min read
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Thought of the Day - October 29 2021 - Travel Tip from the Premiere
Last week, BC's Premiere provided a travel tip to those who wish to cross the US border - looking for a deal on dairy, winter tires or...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 29, 20211 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 8 2021 - Does Mass Testing Still Matter?
So, we have talked about SARS-CoV-2 virus and thus the COVID disease is not going away anytime soon. We have talked about the importance...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 8, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - July 28 2021 - PCR Testing Again
The US FDA has just announced that they will be phasing out the SARS-CoV-2 PCR test that was hurriedly introduced early in 2020. As...
Cliff Fraser
Jul 28, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - July 13 2021 - Stats Can: Canada's Death Toll Could Be Double Official Figure
"COVID-19 deaths in Canada may be two times higher than reported, study finds". Wow, quite the sobering thought. A study by the Royal...
Cliff Fraser
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - May 23 2021 - By the Numbers
The World Dang, things are still bad in India. The Uttar Pradesh (read: the biggest state by population in India): Teacher's Union...
Cliff Fraser
May 23, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - May 4 2021 - PCR Testing Protest
On Saturday I was running some errands and came across a group protesting COVID-19 PCR testing up on Enterprise Street in front of Global...
Cliff Fraser
May 4, 20213 min read
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Thought of the Day - April 1 2021 - Are We In Deep Doo-Doo?
Back last summer we talked about monitoring waste for SARS-CoV-2 residue ( Thought of the Day - July 6 - Oh Shi-ooot ). Wastewater...
Cliff Fraser
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - March 11 - Anal Swabbing
You didn't think I could let this one slip past, did you? Off and on over the last month, the press has been abuzz with the news...
Cliff Fraser
Mar 11, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - February 3 - Testing Support
It has been over six months since I talked about the drive-through testing process here in Burnaby ( Thought of the Day - June 2 -...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 4, 20213 min read
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Thought of the Day - January 11 - Airline Travel
Wow, I now understand why there is so much discussion about the impact of Canada's new airline travel procedures. In case you missed...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 31 - Getting Stranded
I chuckled when the Cruise Line International Association cited "restrictions that change on a country-by-county basis" as one of the...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 31, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 16 - Surprise, Surprise
Guess what? Another Cruise Ship in trouble ( Thought of the Day - November 17 - Test Accuracy ): A Royal Caribbean cruise liner has...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 16, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - November 26 - The Liverpudlian Test
As talked about earlier this month, a number of South-East Asian countries are faring well in their battle with the Corona Virus (...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 26, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - November 17 - Test-accuracy
I am always amazed how people and businesses continue to be confounded by COVID-19 test results. Face it people, PCR antigen tests...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 17, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - November 4 - International Travel
As predicted Canada will be using its "Rapid Test" kits for travellers from abroad ( Thought of the Day - October 7 - Rapid Antigen...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 4, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - October 7 - Rapid Antigen Testing
Health Canada regulators have approved another rapid COVID-19 test, this one an antigen from Abbott Labs, and have agreed to buy over...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 7, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 21 - Testing
I thought today I would reflect a little on the state of testing. It was July when we last discussed the subject (Thought of the Day -...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 3 - Are We Getting A "Case-demic"?
In Germany, Italy and the UK case rates have been rising rapidly over the past month. In France and Spain, they have returned to their...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 3, 20202 min read
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