Right in the centre - Don’t let casual sloppiness come back to bite us
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- Published on Friday, August 21, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Some news out of Australia shows that regular flu deaths have dropped dramatically this year. Right now is Australian winter, if you can actually call what Australia has as a winter season. Nevertheless, it is flu season in that part of the world. The drop in regular flu deaths is being attributed to all the extra measures that have been taken to combat COVID-19.
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Right in the centre - Some advice I have picked up
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- Published on Friday, August 14, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
It is likely a good thing that the Province of Manitoba has largely left it to local school divisions to set the ground rules for students going back to school this fall. If they had imposed top-down rules, it would have had the same disastrous results that happen whenever top down rules are forced on local situations.
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Right in the centre - Better information needed
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- Published on Friday, August 7, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I think we need to realize that the COVID-19 situation is real, but it shouldn’t be as scary as the media and government make it out to be. To listen to the media, one would assume that the world is coming to an end very soon. The world is not coming to an end, at least not due to C-19 or Donald Trump or Justin Trudeau.
Most people realize that COVID-19 is a flu that can be fatal, but usually only to people who are already sick. People can get it without symptoms and at the other extreme, relatively healthy people have been known to die. C-19 is a serious situation, for sure, but some perspective is needed, perspective more than fear.
Column like I see 'em - 2020 is the year of being stupid on purpose
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- Published on Saturday, August 1, 2020
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
There is an old saying that suggests, “You can’t fix stupid.” Well, apparently you can’t make it put on a tiny cloth mask either.
Recently, several events took place across Canada in protest of mandatory mask wearing policies being implemented due to COVID-19. According to the organizers, the movement, known as Hugs over Masks is fighting for the restoration of their liberties and way of life. The group via its social media platforms says that it is dedicated to removing lockdown measures its members believe are “unnecessarily harming Canadians.”…Oh sweet baby Jeebus, where do I even begin with these clowns!?
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Right in the centre - Coping with COVID-19 and China
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- Published on Friday, July 31, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
According to figures from the province of Manitoba, there were 18 flu-related deaths reported during the 2018-19 flu season, but the number varies considerably year to year. The variance is shown in these stats: 2013-14 (9), 2014-15 (48), 2015-16 (22), 2016-17 (12), 2017-18 (46), 2018-19 (18).
So far in Manitoba, we have had eight deaths from COVID-19 over about five months, so over 12 months, assuming that C-19 keeps rolling at the current rates, there would be about 18 deaths.
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