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Toxic Positivity

I saw this in the context of someone dealing with cancer but I can think of lots of other situations – workplaces, volunteer organizations, schools, families, life during Covid in general – where everyone is encouraged to act as if everything is good and positive and happy instead of acknowledging that things might be less […]

¶ Posted 03 February 2021 § Meme § Shea § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, philosophy

#Covidiot Tuesday – The Pyramid of Intellect

I’ve got Music Monday, Throwback Thursday, Friday Fun Link, Saturday Snap and occasionally Secular Sunday but maybe now it’s time for another recurring post idea – #Covidiot Tuesday – since the anti-maskers seem to keep believing and sharing all the same old discredited information…

¶ Posted 01 December 2020 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, history, science

Evolution of Covid-19 Case Numbers in Canadian Provinces

This is a good video but guilty of one of my biggest pet peeves of the data analysis of this entire pandemic – not using per capita numbers as a comparator. Without taking into account per capita numbers and barring some notable outliers (hello Alberta!), of course the most populous provinces are going to be […]

¶ Posted 16 June 2020 § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, science

The Economic Impacts of Covid-19

This is a British article but many of the findings are going to apply for countries around the world – from increased unemployment to reduced airline traffic to positive environmental impacts and more.

¶ Posted 14 June 2020 § Jobs § News § Politics § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, history

Friday Fun Link – COVID Spread (January 1 – April 26)

Not sure if this is a “fun” link per se but interesting to see how the virus moved from China then quickly spread across the whole world creating our current unusual reality…

¶ Posted 01 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, history, travel

Friday Fun Link – Some Useful COVID-19 Resources & Trackers

These are ordered roughly in the order that I find them useful but I’d encourage anyone reading this to open them all and find which ones you prefer for yourself. Also, feel free to post a comment if there are sites I haven’t listed that you prefer. COVID-19 Canada Tracker – designed by a […]