When we look back at March of 2020 years from now, what will we remember? Will we reminisce that it was that month when everything we once took for granted disappeared – like the simple pleasure of stopping at your favourite place for a coffee or sitting down with friends and family members to share a laugh? Or will March 2020 be part of one big blur, the beginning of a long stretch when society as we know it changed almost daily right before our eyes? We know now that April seems a lot like March and, after what we heard from public health officials this week, May will likely be a lot like April. And so on and so on….
As regular readers, you know that evidence-based articles from our academic authors about all aspects of the coronavirus pandemic dominated our news file in March. The Conversation Canada and La Conversation Canada combined to produce more than 150 articles, the most we’ve ever published in a single month, and so for your weekend reading I’ve assembled our most-read coronavirus stories for the month of March.
Stay healthy this weekend and we’ll be back in your Inbox on Monday.
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Our Top Coronavirus Stories from March
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Craig Janes, University of Waterloo
With offices shut down, people staying at home and hospitals bracing for an influx of patients, many people are unsure of what's safe and what's not.
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Peter Hall, University of Waterloo
Large-scale adoption of simple, individual actions — like disinfecting our germ-laden phone screens — can limit the ability of COVID-19 to get a foothold.
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Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino, Concordia University
During the COVID-19 pandemic, sexual activity may pose risks of transmission. A sex researcher shares information on how sex relates to the current pandemic, and how to prevent transmission.
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Eric Galbraith, McGill University; Ross Otto, McGill University
The policy response to COVID-19 has been dramatic, unlike the response to climate change, for several reasons. But it shows there's hope for real action on climate change.
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Melanie Drolet, Université Laval; Guillaume Gingras, Université Laval; Marc Brisson, Université Laval
Le taux de létalité élevé de la Covid-19 et la possibilité de transmission de cette maladie en l’absence de symptômes justifient la nécessité et l’importance des mesures d’éloignement social.
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Mathieu-Robert Sauvé, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Fausses nouvelles, désinformation, infox... C’est un vrai cauchemar informationnel que la pandémie a généré dans les réseaux sociaux numériques.
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