HEALTH: So long as Trudeau doesn't get ousted...

[dewline]

...by the New Conservatives in the next year or so and if DT-45 doesn't get away with going Full Reich Mk. IV on the USA's population and Constitution, I suspect we'll be able to handle a lot of what COVID-19 (AKA SARS 2.0?) throws at Canada.

I'd really like to see Canada take on full EU membership, sign onto the Schengen Agreement and so on, though. I think that might make us a bit safer geo-politically, even in a pandemic scenario.

Yes, the "pipe dream" argument against EU membership's been deployed before.

Anyway, back to reading Charlie Stross' curated debate on COVID-19. Which may end up disabusing me of a few hopeful and nightmarish fantasies.

Further useful reading over at ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/article/i-lived-through-sars-and-reported-on-ebola-these-are-the-questions-we-should-be-asking-about-coronavirus

Comments

[sabotabby]

We could definitely do well taking advantage of other country's geopolitical stupidity. Except for in the case of an outbreak.

[armiphlage]

Yes! With the UK gone, there's room for another country to join!

[thewayne]

That would be really awesome if Canada became part of Schengen: we could fly up there before going to Europe, and have free access all over there! I would think it would be a lot easier flying internationally to and from Canada from the US, but I could be sorely mistaken. Customs would definitely be easier: Newark sucks, and apparently so does Chicago.