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Thought of the Day - February 21 2022 - BC Sends Mixed Message on COVID Measures
Restrictions on the size of indoor gatherings, put in place before Christmas in response to Omicron, expired last Wednesday. In...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 21, 20222 min read


Thought Of the Day - February 20 2022 - By the Numbers
Death rates in North America continue to decline and are now converging with Europe where they continue to see an increase, especially in...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 20, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 18 2022 - Novavax Shipment on the Way
As a formality, it looks like Canada has finally gone ahead with a commitment from over a year ago. Canada has joined 35 other...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 18, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - February 17 2022 - Mexico Bound
Well, it has been two years since we have travelled internationally and one year since the article entitled Mexico Bound ( Thought of the...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 17, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 16 2022 - Canada's Emergency
Later this week I was planning on an article about how the Trucker's Rally was being viewed by the rest of the world. How up to this...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 16, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 15 2022 - A Year Later Many Still Don't Get It!
Below is the blog entry from one year ago, February 8th 2021 to be exact - unedited for your reading pleasure. It is interesting to see...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 15, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 14 2022 - Pandemic Dating
Here we are Valentines Day 2022. I thought it fitting to provide a quick update on all the "dating vernacular" that has evolved during...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 14, 20223 min read


Thought of the Day - February 13 2022 - By the Numbers
The world figures for COVID-19 cases are down 20% this past week and deaths are also now going down as the Omicron wave comes to fruition....
Cliff Fraser
Feb 13, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 11 2022 - Staycation Credits
With the tourism and hospitality sector reeling financially after two years of lockdowns and restrictions on travellers to Canada, at the...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 11, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - February 10 2022 - Meanwhile in Russia
Russia has confirmed over thirteen million cases of coronavirus and 340 thousand official deaths, according to their national coronavirus...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 11, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - February 9 2022 - Polarization Worries
It has always been the case that states across the US have implemented dramatically different policies concerning the handling of COVID. ...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 9, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 8 2022 - Reflections on the Vaccine Wars
It has been months since we did an installment concerning the global vaccine wars ( Thought of the Day - November 2 2021 - Meanwhile Back...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 8, 20223 min read


Thought of the Day - February 7 2022 - Canada's Charter of Rights
Just in case you have not seen it or have only seen excerpts, here is the full speech that was given in BC by NFLDs-x premier, the Right...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 8, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - February 6 2022 - By the Numbers
COVID Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in Canada Here in Canada official cases and hospitalizations continue to decline. As predicted...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 6, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 4 2022 - COVID Timeline
Here we are at the start of February. It was a little over two years ago when a man in his 50s who arrived in Toronto from Wuhan, China,...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 4, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - February 3 2022 - Why All These Reports That COVID Restrictions Don't Work?
I find it interesting how many new studies are being published all of a sudden that are focused on the need to end pandemic restrictions....
Cliff Fraser
Feb 3, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 2 2022 - Once Upon a Time - Part III
More months have passed and so it is time to tell the third part of our tale ( Thought of the Day - September 6 2021 - Once Upon a Time,...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 2, 20224 min read


Thought of the Day - February 1 2022 - 恭喜發財 (Gung Hai Fat Choi)
In the last while the blog has been focussing more on COVID than on the Neighbourhood, so a change today! Trust you are all doing well....
Cliff Fraser
Feb 1, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - January 31 2022 - Trucker Protest
Like many Canadians, I have tried to stay away from this topic but the truth of the matter is no matter how much the media has tried to...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 31, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - January 30 2022 - By the Numbers
"Numbers" are getting harder and harder to find as countries revamp or wind down their COVID reporting. That said, in aggregate around...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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