coronavirus
The Bright-er Side: Catching a cold might not be so bad afterall
September 25, 2020by Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Did you know that in some sense of the word, every so often we experience another form of a pandemic? It’s the cold and the flu. So while the word “pandemic” might sound scary, did you also know that catching these viruses could be a potentially good thing? According to some American scientists writing in the Lancet, the spread of the flu in Europe in 2009 was hindered by people who caught the cold. The rhinovirus’ (the cold virus) infection of human airway cells prompted cells to turn on their interferon genes to block against influenza…
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The Dead Poets Reading Series offers an alternative to your traditional in-person poetry reading
April 20, 2020by Isabella Wang, Mahtab Kundan, and Claudya Leclerc If you look anywhere on the news, very likely, the top stories these days are about COVID-19 — how the government and World Health Organization are both working to raise effective methods of…
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Political Corner: Heralding frontline nurses for working while pregnant hides systemic labour abuses in China
April 4, 2020By: Tianyi Wang, Graduate Student The World Health Organization declared that coronavirus was a global pandemic as of March 11. In addition to the increasing number of cases of viral infection, many social issues have been exposed during this extraordinary time that…
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Feel Good Hour: People are helping each other through COVID-19 and we should celebrate that
April 3, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer Look, I know our current situation seems grim. A global pandemic isn’t something that we should be happy about. But we also shouldn’t be blind to the kindness and compassion sprouting from these difficult circumstances. They…
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Preserving routines can help students avoid the pitfalls of self-isolation
March 30, 2020By: Harvin Bhathal, News Writer The outbreak of COVID-19 is a troubling time for all of us, filled with more questions than there are answers. However, the transition to online classes during this pandemic is not permission to transition into a…
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Political Corner: The real economic threat of COVID-19 is a global lack of paid sick leave
March 14, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases surpasses 100,000, the economic impacts of the virus are becoming clearer. Worldwide markets have repeatedly dropped, suffering losses not seen since the last decade’s Great Recession, as anxiety about…
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A new corona virus is no excuse to break out the racism
February 1, 2020Update (April 23, 2020): The headline and sections of this article have been updated from their original version in order to clarify information that was inconclusive or partial at the time of writing. By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor By now, “coronavirus”…
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