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Ten books that offer lessons from past pandemics

Ten books that offer lessons from past pandemics What we don't know about the threat posed by COVID-19 vastly exceeds what we do. The works of fiction and non-fiction provide us a set of tools, both existential and intellectual, for helping us face this current health crisis. Some works also create a historical record of […]

Toronto Star: "Canadian government doubles down on money for researchers leading COVID-19 counter attack"

Toronto Star: "Canadian government doubles down on money for researchers leading COVID-19 counter attack" "The Canadian government has almost doubled its financial backing of a legion of researchers now being called on to develop a counterattack against a series of social, clinical and public health woes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic." See the full article […]

Toronto Star: "Returning vacationers must adapt to very different Canada amid COVID-19"

Toronto Star: "Returning vacationers must adapt to very different Canada amid COVID-19" "... that’s what Canada’s returning vacationers are doing. The Canada they left was normal. The Canada they’re returning to has changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-isolation, social-distancing, empty store shelves, frequent handwashing. “It’s literally a wake-up call,” said Harris Ali, a York University […]