A truly life-or-death, three-way struggle is going on around the world — a struggle to determine the response to the next pandemic. On one side are the minimizers: right-wing and contrarian groups that have wanted to do as little as possible about COVID-19 and the public-health response to it. On another side are the maximizers: scientists and their supporters who hope for the best but want to plan for the worst. And in the middle are the governments and health agencies trying to do the right thing, which is unlikely to be a compromise between minimizers and maximizers. Few governments and agencies have been blameless in their responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But they know any change in policies or planning would be attacked by one side or the other — or both . . . . CLICK HERE for the full story
A discussion on political, economic and social issues in British Columbia, and Canada