Selley: On monkeypox, or COVID, it's not too late to treat Canadians like grownups

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Selley: On monkeypox, or COVID, it's not too late to treat Canadians like grownups
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Quite a few tall foreheads seem to have learned absolutely nothing over the course of the pandemic

seems to be that monkeypox coverage in the Western media often features photos of African patients, which is a fair point but that has nothing to do with the name. And the best part is when you discover what they want to call monkeypox instead: MPXV-1, MPXV-2 or MPXV-3, depending on the clade.Article contentIt’s difficult to imagine a more futile undertaking.

But there is no reason to believe COVID won’t ever be back with a vengeance. You certainly shouldn’t believe any politician who vows a permanent end to anti-pandemic lockdowns — not Alberta Premier Jason Kenney or his would-be successor“I think we went too far — far too far — too often.

That’s exactly right. Never mind the future for a moment: Even during this summer of relatively few COVID cases, the news has been full of collapsed or collapsing Canadian health-care systems — closed ERs, wait times only measurable on a geologic scale, kids sleeping on floors, crippling staff shortages from sea to sea to shining sea.

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