In its latest data released Tuesday morning, the province reported 82 more students were infected for a total of 503 in the last two weeks; since scho...
Paul Cadariorising numbers in Ontario’s schools aren’t a surprise, and the cases will be proportionate to the amount of COVID that is in the community.
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The 75th Anniversary of Leaside High School is an opportunity to celebrate the administrators, teachers, leaders, alumni, and athletes who have made, and...
Donald Trump called ‘Borat’ star Sacha Baron Cohen a ‘phoney’ and a ‘creep’ after the British funnyman featured the President’s lawyer in his new movie.
The outbreak is bad and worsening in some key states.
Paul CadarioThe swing states where the pandemic is raging: Most voters have made up their minds. But for the few holdouts, the state of the pandemic could ultimately help their decision as they head to the polls — and that's not likely to help @realDonaldTrump
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Paul CadarioThree of the country's four most populous states expect to see at least one in four citizens lose some employment income in the next four weeks.
#pandemic #recession2020
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False information about the pandemic is rampant, but seasoned defenders of climate science can offer tips for how to fight it.
Paul CadarioA guide to overcoming #COVID19 misinformation
On social media, people focus on how much their friends and followers are going to ‘like’ their posts—the amount of positive social reinforcement they are going to get—rather than accuracy.
nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/1… via @NatGeo
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For years, the World Bank has faced questions about its liberal travel policies and budgets. Now the institution's leaders are asking how it can continue to provide global expertise and supervision at a time when travel is nearly impossible.
Paul CadarioWhat is the .@WorldBank without international travel?
It’s complicated, but traveling staff seeing the situation and working together with countries mobilizes global expertise, builds shared knowledge, collaboration, social capital and trust.
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Paul CadarioIt’s an exciting time for research into #socialbehavior because scientists can now analyze gigantic, richly detailed datasets on human behavior. For decades, tech has attempted to optimize modern life. Now maybe it could optimize modern generosity too.
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President Trump signs directive that would potentially pull thousands of federal employees in "policy-making" positions out of the competitive service, making them at-will employees.
Paul Cadario.@realDonaldTrump’s executive order is a stunning attempt to politicize the federal civil service and undermine more than a century of laws aimed at preventing #corruption and #cronyism in the US government.
#RememberInNovember
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Ivy Ross discusses the impact of the pandemic on our homes and offices.
Paul Cadario“the current #pandemic moment is not just a #publichealthcrisis, but an existential one, which calls into question our core values, and how those values play out in the physical environment around us.”
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In its destruction of American lives, treasure and well-being, this pandemic marks the greatest failure of U.S. governance since Vietnam.
Paul CadarioInevitably, science errs, then self-corrects. But @realDonaldTrump was not self-correcting.
It is what it is, because he is who he is.
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Researchers from U of T Engineering, Pharmacy and Chemistry are creating an antigen COVID-19 test that could give results in just five minutes
Paul Cadario“PCR testing on nasopharyngeal swabs has been gold standard, but studies have been coming out showing that saliva samples have comparable load of viral particles. Now is the time to use saliva samples as a reliable source.”
#Innovation @uoftengineering
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Trinity Schools Inc., which runs the three campuses, is affiliated with People of Praise, an insular community rooted in its own interpretation of the Bi...
Gyms, restaurants, and movie theaters are all reeling for the very same reason
Paul CadarioThe experience of restaurants and gyms and theme parks is telling us is that the #pandemicrecovery problem now isn’t lockdowns. It’s something more basic: justifiable fear.
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