Saturday Stories: Unanswered Questions, Ontario's Misery, And Vietnam's Triumph

Helen Branswell, in STAT, with the questions experts still have about COVID.

Justin Ling, in Macleans, with the almost unbelievable story of Ontario's science table and its recommendations versus what our government is doing. 

Julia Belluz, in Vox, on Vietnam, not an island, and it's incredibly successful strategy for dealing with COVID 

Saturday Stories: Is Canada a Country, The Gaslighting of Science, And A Non-COVID Piece From Me

Lauren Dobson-Hughes, in The Line, reflecting on Canada's responses to COVID wonders if we are actually a country?

Zeynep, in Insight, on the gaslighting of science.

And in non-COVID writing, here's my latest in Medscape How Dare There Be Effective Drugs for Obesity? which covers the bizarrely negative reaction that effective drugs for obesity face from the medical community and society as a whole

Saturday Stories: The End Of Year One, The End Of Hygiene Theatre, And The End Of The Whole Thing

Stephen Maher, in Macleans, with the comprehensive story of Canada's first year with the pandemic.

Emily Anthes, in The New York Times, on the end of overzealous cleaning.

Gregg Gonsalves, in The Nation, on what comes after the end of this stage of the pandemic. 

Saturday Stories: Anti-Science, The Pandemic's Wrongest Man, And The Not Great Indoors

Dangerous numpty. If you see, ignore.

Peter Hotez, in Scientific American, on the anti-science movement and the danger it poses to global public health. 

Derek Thomspon, in The Atlantic, explains why you should unfollow, unfriend, or at the very least ignore Alex Berenson and question those in your lives who share his ideas.

Dyani Lewis, in Nature, explains the simplest COVID rule of all to remember, if you're inside, you're in danger.