One by one, French cities and towns have been making face masks mandatory outdoors for a couple of weeks now. Le Monde’s headlines were getting ridiculous—“masks mandatory outdoors in Lille! In Paris! In Rennes! In Nantes! In some fancy beach resort! In bumfuck nowhere!”
Posts tagged The Pandemic
Where Are We in the Pandemic? Ottawa, Four Months Later
No one knows if, when and how the pandemic will end. Four months is nothing in a lifetime but time really dragged. Yet, some things did change.
Middle of the Woods, Canada
Any place in Canada with “park” in the name is typically hundreds of square kilometres of true wilderness. Expect kilometres-long trails, no cellphone network, lakes, waterfalls and fauna you’d rather not come face to face with (bears, snakes and wolves, anyone?).
Navigating These Weird Pandemic Restrictions, From “Stay Safe” to “Stay Sane”
I was one of these people who used the trendy “stay safe!” email signoff from March to early May. Now, it feels that “stay sane!” should be the new basic social formula.
A “New Normal” Suggestion That Should Actually Be Normal
We’re trying to change the way we interact because someone, somewhere could be sick. But shouldn’t we the way we deal with viruses when someone does get sick?
These Essential Non-Essentials – Lessons Being Learned from The Pandemic Shutdown
The non-essential businesses shutdown didn’t worry me much at first. But it’s been 11 weeks now in Ontario, and “non-essentials” are becoming damn essential.