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Thought of the Day - February 2 - Vaccine Wars - The Continuing Saga
Vaccine Approvals: Here is the list of vaccine approvals as of the end of January. New Vaccine Effacity Statements: January 18 -...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 2, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - January 31 - By the Numbers
If you look at the top ten countries with the highest death in the world they are all in Europe. Gibraltar - 2,167 per million San Marino...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 31, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - January 27 - Gibraltar
While Belgium has been cited as having highest number of official deaths per capita from COVID-19 in the world ( Thought of the Day -...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 27, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - January 24 - By the Numbers
Well, here we are on the eve of one hundred million official cases, with over a quarter of those still active. In Canada, case rates and...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 24, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - January 20 - Atlantic Lessons
Elsewhere in the world the word of the success in managing the COVID crisis by our Atlantic provinces is spreading. Phases like the "New...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 21, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - January 14 - Coping with a Curfew
As I am sure you are aware, Québec implemented an 8pm to 5am month-long curfew starting this past Saturday, January 9th. With cases &...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 14, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - January 7 - The Plague of East Africa
As discussed before, Africa as a whole, with the notable exception of South Africa, has been faring well compared to Canada ( Thought of...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 8, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - January 6 - Vaccine War Snippets The Third Installment
Here we are in 2021, it has been a few weeks since the last Vaccine War update ( Thought of the Day - December 22 - Vaccine War Snippets...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 6, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - January 4 - How COVID Changed Politics
With the public looking for leadership, with public purse strings wide open, and with a moving playing field, the correct policy,...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 4, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - January 3 - By the Numbers
Welcome to the first "By the Numbers" of 2021. The great news of course is the continued rollout of mass vaccinations, now close to 15...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 3, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - January 1 - A Year in Review
Rather than looking forward to 2021 I figure I would close 2020 with a review of how things unfolded. More detailed blog list here:...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 1, 20213 min read


Thought of the Day - December 30 - COVID Free Locales
Back in May, after the first wave subsided in many countries, we discussed which countries & territories who had had cases were now...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 31, 20201 min read


Thought of the Day - December 29 - Inspiration on a Sunny Day
Yesterday Gail and I decided to take advantage of the good weather and go for a stroll along the shores of English Bay. It has been six...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 30, 20202 min read


Thought of the Day - December 27 - By the Numbers
The world is now over 80M cases and Canada over 550k. Staggering numbers. As mentioned, hospitalizations are becoming a more effective...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 27, 20202 min read


Thought of the Day - December 25 - Antarctica
It has been over a month since Vanuatu and Samoa became some of the last places on earth to get their first cases of COVID-19 ( Thought...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 25, 20202 min read


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


Thought of the Day - December 15 - The Story of Max Woosey
At the same time as we started our blog back in March, a ten year-old in the UK started to sleep in a tent. It was a tent that his...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 15, 20201 min read


Thought of the Day - December 13 - By the Numbers
As you are probably well aware, the world now has over 70M official cases and 1.6M deaths. With improvements happening in Western Europe,...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 13, 20201 min read


Thought of the Day - December 7 - You Can't Make This Stuff Up
One of the benefits of life's disruption caused but COVID-19 is you get a new insight into human nature. Here are some examples brought...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 7, 20201 min read


Thought of the Day - December 6 - By the Numbers
This week let's look at some more novel presentation of COVID data, as well as see what has changed since the kid have gone back to...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 6, 20202 min read
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