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The Plague-Ground – What Happens When You Finally Leave Your Abuser
Plague-GroundEvery expert says this is the most dangerous time. You have crossed the man who has stolen your life. His rage is volcanic; his hurt, vast and eternal.
You flinch at every sound; look back at everyone walking behind you. Is it him?
This…

The Plague-Ground – You’re at a movie in a packed theatre. You smell smoke.
Plague-GroundYou see flames flicker up from an empty seat in front of you. You’re tempted to stand up and yell “Fire!” But you don’t because that may cause a stampede and trample people. In fact, isn’t that why it’s against the law to yell “Fire!”…

The Plague-Ground – More Money Than Brains
Plague-GroundBut oh, what very big brains they have.
Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci are the scientists whose company, BioNTech, is partnering with Pfizer to produce the vaccine that is 90% effective against a virus that’s already killed a million of…

The Plague-Ground – Survival of the friendliest
Plague-GroundNow is the weekend of our discontent. Cases are spiking, leaves are falling, the wind is up, the market’s down – and organizing coffee is like planning an assault on Everest. By Monday, our mornings will start darker and by Tuesday, America…

The Plague-Ground – Do you suffer from Friend Fatigue?
Plague-GroundIf Zoom Fatigue is what happens when you spend too much time with other people (often strangers) on the screen, what do you call spending even a little time with real friends you haven’t seen in months?
Oddly tiring. But in a strange, not-until-COVID…

The Plague-Ground – Where will you be when the vaccine arrives?
Plague-GroundIf you’re in Canada, you could join the 37 million of us near the back of the line.
An article this week in the McGill Medical Journal tells a troubling tale: “75 million syringes but nothing to put in them: what is Canada’s plan for…

The Plague-Ground – Is the cavalry coming?
Plague-GroundThe fate-of-humankind question isn’t “When will a vaccine arrive?”
It’s also: “Who will take the vaccine?”
Two things happened last week to help us answer both.
Last Tuesday, the heads of five Big Pharma companies offered…

The Plague-Ground – Justin Not-So-True Though
Plague-GroundI won’t write about the loucheness of Justin Trudeau, his need to feather his mother’s nest, his whac--a-mole conflicts of interest; nor the conflicts of his Minister of Finance and Chief of Staff; nor forcing his officials to be economical…

The Plague-Ground – Are airplanes our next long-term care residences?
Plague-GroundLast week a passenger on a WestJet flight from Toronto to Halifax tested positive for COVID-19 after it landed. This prompted the Nova Scotia Health Authority to warn everyone on the flight to get tested, and especially those in Rows 16 to 21,…

The Plague-Ground – Yanqui Stay Home
Plague-GroundThis week, the European Union will ban Americans from traveling there.
Why? Because America is the worst country on earth in stopping COVID-19 – and is only getting worse.
When Europe opens its borders on Wednesday, the citizens of 11…