Category Archives: Economics

Risk Versus Reward during a pandemic

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Gary Dale

COVID-19 has currently infected some 5.5 million people worldwide. That is fewer than 1 person in 1,000. Even in developed nations that have been hard hit by the virus, fewer than 1 person in 100 has caught the disease. Your … Continue reading →

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Blame Canada

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Gary Dale

Canada’s Bryan Adams is in hot water over a tweet he sent out blasting China’s wet markets. Given that the COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have started in a wet market in Wuhan, are they a public health problem? Wet … Continue reading →

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Can you catch COVID-19 twice – the math edition

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Gary Dale

This is a followup to my previous article. It explains the math behind my speculation. I don’t use anything complicated because I don’t have detailed information on the topic. However the information that is available is disturbing. I am basing … Continue reading →

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Can you catch COVID-19 twice

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Gary Dale

Can you catch COVID-19 twice? Apparently that question still hasn’t been resolved. The WHO says simply that there is no evidence that recovering from the virus provides future immunity. There haven’t been a lot of cases where people tested positive, … Continue reading →

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Herd Immunity & COVID-19

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Gary Dale

Herd immunity is a term used to describe the situation when a disease cannot spread easily through a population because a large enough share of the herd is immune to the disease, making the minority who aren’t immune unlikely to … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 strategy and tactics

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Gary Dale

A brief history of pandemics: There are, amazingly, still a lot of people who don’t seem to understand the basics of fighting this deadly pandemic. To help them, although it probably wont, here’s the basics about fighting a pandemic. The … Continue reading →

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Timeline of inaction

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Gary Dale

Timeline of inaction – how the government flubbed its COVID-19 response:– December 2019: first cases and firsts deaths appear in Wuhan, China– January 2020: China begins investigation with WHO over disease cluster in Wuhan– Jan, 13, 2020: First case detected … Continue reading →

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Bad Design

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Gary Dale

Would an omnipotent God create a bad design? That’s a question that creationists who know something about biology should ponder. After all, there are no end of design flaws in biological organisms. However I’m going to write about bad design … Continue reading →

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The more things change…

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Gary Dale

“The more things change, the more they stay the same” is a very old adage that self-referentially proves itself over and over again. The Athenians didn’t trust elections because they favoured the oligarchy and preferred to draw lots to determine … Continue reading →

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Wages and Prices

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Gary Dale

Some people are predicting gloom & doom over Ontario’s upcoming minimum wage increase. On January 1, 2018 the minimum rate for most workers rises from $11.60 to $14.00. Some people claim this will lead to massive job losses and increased … Continue reading →

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