Canada counts its dead much too slowly
Jane Philpott: How many additional people died as an indirect result of the pandemic? It will be months before we know the answer, and that’s a problem.
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COVID-19
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Image of the Week: A personal support worker gets Ontario’s first anti-COVID inoculation as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives in locations across Canada
Can I get the COVID-19 vaccine if I have allergies?
Welcome to Vaxx Populi, Maclean’s ongoing series tackling the most pressing questions related to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Anthony Rota: The early-pandemic frenzy was ’one long day with naps every once in a while’
The Speaker of the House reflects on a frantic year that saw him handle an unprecedented transformation of how Parliament works
What Canada’s economic recovery might look like
How does Canada come back from its massive pandemic deficit? Depends who you tax.
Canada now has more people in hospital than at spring peak
On May 6, 3,083 people were hospitalized, with caseloads going down. On Dec. 8, 3,093 were in hospital, with infection rates on a steady rise across the country.
People are planning their dream vacations—for whenever it’s finally safe
Fun was more or less cancelled in 2020. Now, people are getting ready to go away on the vacations of their dreams.
Why Canada’s vaccine rollout won’t be easy
Persuading some Canadians to receive a COVID vaccine will be tough. Rolling it out may be even more difficult. Officials have their work cut out for them.
2021 is the year that dry ice gets hot
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine—on track to be the first delivered to Canada—must be kept below -70° C, which will require dry ice, and lots of it
Once vaccines are in Canada, they could be deployed within days
But the general running the rollout says the distribution of up to seven different vaccines—each with its own storage and handling requirements—poses a logistics challenge