it looks like the not-so-great return to the office is about to start. at least for 200 or so federal government employees , dubbed “pathfinders,” trudging back to their drab towers. it scares me because i can’t see a smooth path to re-entry. just a bunch more misery ahead.
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ottawa has admirable rates of full vaccination. unfortunately, this does not include children under 12, who are vulnerable to the delta variant , according to many medical specialists, and the so-called “vaccine hesitant” who are going to plunge us back into despair and ensure the pandemic keeps going by giving the virus plenty of time to mutate into forms that may get through our fully vaccinated shield.
i heartily agree with mark sutcliffe’s excellent column in the citizen last week in which he says that “the vaccine question has become an illuminating test of judgment and critical thinking.” and those who put all of us at risk because they distrust science or are gullible enough to believe covid-19 is some government plot — well, i don’t want them anywhere near decision-making authority for anything more significant than their backyard shed. and maybe not even that.
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