The Coronavirus

Policy in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic takes twists and turns nationally and provincially, and attempts, to a large extent with some success, to keep the people of BC safe, enabling them hopefully, to be calm and kind. What is behind this policy?

In BC, our own Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, has been steering a course between medical caution and political judgement. There are mental health needs beyond keeping people physically well.

And the decision to send our children back to school has raised controversy.

The Province of BC has now published the planned vaccination schedule

Meanwhile, there the tantalizing concept of herd immunity

If you have time, you might also like to read the following article on pubic perception of science as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article is from an American source, but with an international perspective.

People around the world have been affected by the Corona Virus. A recent article in a respected scientific society weekly summarized what they saw as the changes in public perception of science and the ways in which COVID-19 has affected life in general.