Straight off the top, I want it clear that, in the case of a scientific problem like a pandemic, I am in favour of following the experts. However, we have to be careful about worshipping at the feet of science. This is a dangerous attitude that we have inherited from an earlier era, before science…
Tag: pandemic
Politics
No Profit in Preparing for Disaster
by renaissanceadmin • • 1 Comment
It’s pretty obvious when a politician is milking a situation for all the political power he can wrest out of it. Like Erin O’Toole standing up during Question Period and self-righteously demanding that the Prime Minister give Canadians what we all want and cannot have: a date when we can get a COVID inoculation.…
Social Commentary
Coronavirus – Please Don’t Panic; This is Just a Drill
by renaissanceadmin • • 2 Comments
Sorry to seem optimistic, folks, and spoil all your fun, but Coronavirus is not looking like the next version of the Black Plague. So please don’t panic and do all sorts of stupid things like selling off all your stocks. Because that’s what some people would like you to do. Why The Stock…