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Thought of the Day - September 13 - By the Numbers
This week I am going to have a little more of a look around the world. The key change that has been happening recently is that the...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 13, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 9 - By the Numbers
Cases in Canada have continued to rise in recent weeks. Canada is the yellow line under Cameroon at a little over 3% increase in cases in...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - September 4 - Centenarian Sisters Survive COVID
Anna Del Priore contracted the Spanish flu in 1918, at about 6 years old. She survived, grew up, got married and raised two children. ...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 4, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 28 - Air Bridge
An "air bridge" is essentially a route between two countries where the COVID-19 outbreak is under control. Only direct flight are...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 28, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 27 - Decrease in Death Rate
While cases continue to mount across Canada there has been a dramatic change in the number of people dying from COVID-19. Cumulatively...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 27, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 18 - The American Empire
While I have resisted doing much geopolitical reflection in this blog, a buddy sent me this article (link) from The Rolling Stone:...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - August 16 - By The Numbers
North America, unlike Europe, is not seeing an overall uptick in cases. While Canada's overall new case figures are falling, the trend in...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 16, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - July 19 - By The Numbers
Worldwide case numbers are now approaching 15 million. The rate of new case detection is still increasing, now by over 220,000 a day. ...
Cliff Fraser
Jul 19, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - July 9 - SARS-CoV-2, Not the Only Plague Sweeping the World
Maybe you thought I was going to talk about reports of a new strain of H1N1 (swine flu) but no, this is about locusts. This plague also...
Cliff Fraser
Jul 9, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - July 6 - Oh Shi-ooot
A couple of weeks I wrote a note about the mystery of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 (https://clifffraser0.wixsite.com/covid-19/post/thought-of...
Cliff Fraser
Jul 6, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 27 - Detector Dogs
You may have heard reports that a number of trials are underway to teach dogs to detect COVID-19 in humans. This is not surprising...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 27, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 21 - By The Numbers
This week Canada added 2,609 cases (bringing the total over the 100,000 milestone), and 303 deaths (the majority in Quebec). Thus the...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 14 - By The Numbers
Canada (and BC) continued to decrease the number of new cases, under 4,000 (under 50), and deaths, under 300 (just one) in the past week....
Cliff Fraser
Jun 14, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 12 - Mink
Just when you thought it could not get any worse, as you may have seen there has been significant outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 12, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - June 1 - Back to School
So here we are, June 1st. Schools are now available for all children, joining the 5,000 or so kids of essential workers or needing extra...
Cliff Fraser
Jun 2, 20203 min read
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Thought of the Day - May 31 - By The Numbers
Here we are at the end of May. Another week has flown by and Canada has seen another 7,000 COVID-19 cases (BC 56) and over 700 deaths...
Cliff Fraser
May 31, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - May 22 - "COVID-Free"
Good news, after months of hard work there are now a growing number of locales that have managed to become "COVID Free" (SOURCE:...
Cliff Fraser
May 22, 20201 min read
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Thought of the Day - May 8 - Events Up To This Point
We are over one-third of the way through 2020, and the Thought of the Day has now been running for 50 days. So I thought it would be...
Cliff Fraser
May 8, 20205 min read
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Thought Of The Day - April 17 - Update From The Family
Hi All, Have been keeping in touch with relatives overseas, including family over in the UK. A number still live in the traditional...
Cliff Fraser
Apr 17, 20201 min read
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Thought Of The Day - April 10 - Something To Celebrate
Hi All, Well I think we have something to celebrate. No, not that it has been 100 days since the first confirmed Corona reports from...
Cliff Fraser
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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