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Tag Archives: COVID-19

Canada’s Disease Misery climbs rapidly in recent weeks, more trouble ahead: MLI COVID Misery Index update

OTTAWA, ON (April 14, 2021): “Excess deaths” (death rates above the norm) from non-COVID causes are a major explanation for Canada’s poor pandemic...

 

April 14, 2021 at 3:30 pm read more

China had too much control to make WHO’s COVID report credible: Sarah Teich in iPolitics

There is evidence that the Chinese Communist Party concealed critical health information relating to COVID-19, and silenced whistleblowers who tried to sound the...

 

April 14, 2021 at 2:31 pm read more

Canada's Disease Misery climbs rapidly in recent weeks

View the full, updated COVID Misery Index here. Download the data for the April 14 update here. For more information, including a full...

 

April 14, 2021 at 12:34 pm read more

Lockdowns are hurting our mental health and making us feel powerless: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

There’s only so much you can do as you watch your loved ones drown in despair, writes Jamil Jivani in the National Post....

 

April 12, 2021 at 8:40 am read more

A COVID Anniversary: Celebrating one year of chasing our tails: Shawn Whatley for Inside Policy

COVID-19 proved that Canadian medicare cannot respond to any increased demand without the threat of collapse, writes Shawn Whatley. Let’s not allow this...

 

April 8, 2021 at 3:51 pm read more

Canada ranks last among peers on MLI Covid Misery Index: Shawn Whatley on the Roy Green Show

MLI Senior Fellow Shawn Whatley joined the Roy Green Show to discuss the latest update to the MLI COVID Misery Index. The latest...

 

April 8, 2021 at 11:06 am read more

Think Canada's pandemic response was better than the US? Think again

The COVID Misery Index provides us with many examples of countries that have more effectively balanced risk and benefit, protecting their citizens’ health...

April 7, 2021 at 2:50 pm

Slow vaccinations have Canada’s excess death rate surging ahead of US: MLI COVID Misery Index update

OTTAWA, ON (April 7, 2021): In the latest update of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s COVID Misery Index, Canada remains in 11th place overall and continues...

 

April 7, 2021 at 12:01 pm read more

Canada’s rate of excess deaths surges ahead of the US as American vaccines protect the elderly

View the full, updated COVID Misery Index here. Download the data for the April 7 update here. For more information, including a full...

 

April 7, 2021 at 11:07 am read more

Canada’s poor performance continues in latest MLI COVID Misery Index update

OTTAWA, ON (March 31, 2021): The latest update of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s COVID Misery Index shows that Canada remains the worst country among...

 

March 31, 2021 at 4:00 pm read more
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