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Thought of the Day - January 5 2022 - The Japanese Miracle
As you know, I was surprised, like many, when Japan decided to proceed with the Olympic Games this summer. I was thinking, like...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 5, 20222 min read
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Thought of the Day - January 4 2022 - The McSupply Chain
Our daughter is the GM of one of the local McDonald's restaurants. She mentioned back in November, when we had the heavy rains and...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 4, 20221 min read
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Thought of the Day - January 3 2022 - BC is Going in the Right Direction
While it took a little while, it looks like BC is starting to move in the right direction concerning Omicron. Here is the latest...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 3, 20221 min read
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Thought of the Day - January 2 2022 - By the Numbers
Cases, cases, cases. Around the world reported case rates are going up markedly (over 50% in the last week) - well except in Africa and...
Cliff Fraser
Jan 2, 20222 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 31 2021 - Refections on the Last Day of 2021
So here we are, the last day of 2021. What an amazing COVID journey! We started off the year well into our second national wave. That...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 31, 20214 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 30 2021 - What's Happening with the Novavax Vaccine?
As you know Canada has approved four vaccines, however, as we are no longer using AstraZeneca and never did use Johnson&Johnson, our eggs...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 30, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 29 2021 - Is The Great Shutdown Coming to Canada?
No, I am not talking about government measures to stop the spread, I am thinking ahead to what the significant Omicron case rates will...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 29, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 28 2021 - COVID Therapeutics ScoreCard - Rather Disappointing
I figure I would do a quick review of what we have gotten for our nearly one trillion dollar investment in COVID remedies worldwide. I...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 28, 20213 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 27 2021 - Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
As you know Canada started allowing cruise ships back into Canadian ports last month, however, as it is not really the northern cruising...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 26 2021 - By the Numbers
Today we are going to take a look at Omicron. World cases are up close to 20% this past week (in Canada by close to 150%), due to the...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 26, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 24 2021 - What Happens to All Our Expired Vaccines?
As you know at the beginning of 2021 Canada procured more vaccine per capita than any other country in the world. Luckily we did manage...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 24, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 23 2021 - Omicron Strategies
It has been interesting observing how different parts of the world react to the Omicron wave. I watched Biden's speech on Tuesday and...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 23, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 22 2021 - Shutting Down for the Holidays
You know it's a bad sign when Israel bans flights from Canada. There are still no updated figures, released by Health Canada, concerning...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 22, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 21 2021 - The Shortest Day of the Year
I guess today is not technically the shortest day, it is just that the Winter Solstice has the shortest number of potential hours of...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 21, 20211 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 20 2021 - Social Media Fact-Checking
We have touched on the subject of the main social media platforms' ability to effectively shut down factual exchanges on important...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 20, 20213 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 19 2021 - By the Numbers
Well, it has been quite the week. Worldwide case numbers are going up, courtesy of Omicron. That said, the good news continues...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 19, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 17 2021 - No More Holiday Travel
It has been a busy week for bureaucrats as they do their final preparations for the holiday season and the arrival of Omicron. At the...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 17, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 16 2021 - Keeping the Public Distracted
You can't make this up. Rather than spend money on research that could prove to the public that Vitamin-D, Zinc, Invemectin, nasal spray...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 16, 20212 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 15 2021 - COVID Crossword 2021
Scary to think when the Neighbourhood Daily Blog started early in 2020 I never thought it would be needed for a year. Now here were are...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 15, 20211 min read
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Thought of the Day - December 14 2021 - Fighting Stupid with Stupid
When I saw this headline I could not resist posting on the blog. As you know one recurring theme during COVID times has been the issues...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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