#What it’s like to return to ‘normal’: Awkwardness, uncertainty and moments of overwhelming joy

#What it’s like to return to ‘normal’: Awkwardness, uncertainty and moments of overwhelming joy

“#What it’s like to return to ‘normal’: Awkwardness, uncertainty and moments of overwhelming joy” Adnan R. Khan lives in Cambridge, Mass. where more than half of adults are fully vaccinated. He describes the city’s reopening, which was not exactly the celebratory fanfare some might have expected. Among the forbidden acts revisited since the coro­na­virus made…

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#Inside the global race against COVID-19 mutations

#Inside the global race against COVID-19 mutations

“#Inside the global race against COVID-19 mutations” Salim Abdool Karim had never seen his colleague so quiet. Tulio de Oliveira, who normally buzzes with enthusiasm, skipped all his usual banter as he walked into Abdool Karim’s office. The bioinformatician sat down, plugged his laptop into a projector, and up popped a series of diagrams representing…

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#John A. Macdonald can wait

#John A. Macdonald can wait

“#John A. Macdonald can wait” Stephen Maher: We are at the beginning, not the end, of a process of reassessing our history, and filling in the silences that are needed to get at the truth Alberta Premier Jason Kenney spoke out against “cancel culture” last week and in defence of Sir John A. Macdonald, the…

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#How a year of disrupted education could impact Canadian children beyond the pandemic

#How a year of disrupted education could impact Canadian children beyond the pandemic

“#How a year of disrupted education could impact Canadian children beyond the pandemic” In the spring of 2020, after the pandemic shuttered schools worldwide, 210,000 students in the Indian state of Telangana (sounds like TELL-in-Ghana) experienced a startling local version of a global problem. The students attend high-quality boarding schools, run by the state, for…

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#Canada, where vaccine acceptance isn’t political

#Canada, where vaccine acceptance isn’t political

“#Canada, where vaccine acceptance isn’t political” Philippe J. Fournier: Unlike in the U.S, where vaccine eagerness shifts along party lines, a new poll shows Canadians of all stripes broadly support getting the shot Vaccination against COVID-19 continues to progress well across the country. As of this writing, nearly 60 per cent of Canadians—and counting—have received…

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#What Joyce Echaquan knew – Macleans.ca

#What Joyce Echaquan knew – Macleans.ca

“#What Joyce Echaquan knew – Macleans.ca” Pam Palmater: Systemic racism in health care continues because it has been normalized, ignored and denied, while the system places an onerous burden on First Nations peoples to prove racist hospital treatment Dr. Pam Palmater is a member of the Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick and…

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