March 18, 2020 Last week Canada and the USA closed their borders to air travel from many countries, and with this morning’s news the border between Canada and the USA is now closed to all non-essential travel. People in both countries are encouraged to use social distancing and self-isolation as a method to slow and stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Unfortunately, the far-reaching repercussions of the virus response are not from the disease itself, but rather primarily from social isolation and a media driven fear of severe [...]

COVID-19 [Novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV] As of today 17 February 2020, the number of recorded cases of this virus has exceeded 71,000 and the number of deaths beyond 1,700 (a little over 2%). As so many resources are publishing their immediate understanding of the outbreak and the media is in a frenzy of fear mongering, I figured I might as well get my two-bits worth into the midst of the chaos.  The images of care- and lab-workers walking around in “space suits” and maintenance workers spraying [...]