As Suzanne Wertheim, linguistic anthropologist, notes: Our linguistic choices can amplify a message. Or they can muddy it, and lessen its impact

Bob Carswell has shared a comment and photos (about Garland Station and Second World War) at a previous post seeking details about MCHS grad Peter Parsons

Rate of known coronavirus cases in Taiwan is one-fifth the rate of known cases in the United States

March 21, 2020 CBC Second Opinion article notes mass COVID-19 testing is key to stopping spread

Countries that do well in current crisis have good testing and a good system for tracking down of people who may have been infected

March 20, 2020 New York Times article provides comprehensive overview of Covid-19 testing narrative as it unfolds

Intensive testing for COVID-19 is recommended by WHO; in Canada, public health messaging appears to emphasize restrictions on testing

Intensive testing has vastly reduced infections in South Korean, Taiwan, and Singapore; in Canada the focus is now on minimizing the quickness of the ‘forest fire’ as it burns, yet testing still remains a key requirement