lockdown

Decline in Rush-Hour Traffic a Boon for Health

Christopher Labos MD, MSc — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 18:40:44 +0000

This article was originally published in the Montreal Gazette

Soon everyone, or almost everyone, will be vaccinated and many people who have been working from home will have to figure out when they will be returning to the office. The decision is a complicated one.

Many people enjoy working from home when possible and were probably surprised to realize that it can be quite feasible. Of course, it was not everyone’s cup of tea.

Do Curfews Work?

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:14:13 +0000

I often recommend people set their mental compass to search for the scientific consensus on an issue. This is great in theory but this consensus is often an intangible idea. Where do you find it when it exists? How do you recognize it? You may trust that respectable media outlets will choose to interview the right scientists to give voice to this consensus. On the issue of curfews, however, those scientific voices are all over the place.

Which Sweden Do You Want to Believe In?

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:06:48 +0000

The measures taken by Sweden to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have polarized the media. Sweden, it seems, is like the elephant being examined by the blind men. There is so much to appraise that we can all come away with different conclusions on how it has handled the pandemic. And we can choose to which orange we want to compare Sweden’s apple: the rest of Scandinavia, Europe more broadly, or even the province of Quebec.

The Anti-Vaccine Movement in 2020

Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. — Fri, 22 May 2020 15:02:07 +0000

What does an antivaxxer and a far-right activist have in common? If the thought of someone who opposes vaccines brings to mind tie-dye shirts and tree hugging, your answer may be “nothing.” But clearly, some do have a commonality: protesting the COVID-19 lockdowns.