Covid notes 10 As the Pandemic turns Endemic.

tim rourke
8 min readJun 24, 2021

“In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic (from Greek ἐν en “in, within” and δῆμος demos “people”) in a population when that infection is constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographic area without external inputs.”-Wikipedia

I am now up to covid notes number ten. These covid notes are not the most read of the stuff I put out. I cannot understand why; they are full of my brilliant insights into the cause and effects of the pandemic.

However, I have taken a fairly casual approach to discussing the pandemic. With the pandemic in Canada seemingly approaching its end, or at least the end of the beginning, I will start take a more edgy tone about it. I am going to broaden my scope. This is the last of my ‘covid notes’.

I will continue to blog on three things. One is the sociopolitical problems in Canada brought into sharp focus by the pandemic. Second is the grim message Covid19 has sent Canada and most other countries about the lack of readiness for any kind of real emergency, pandemic or otherwise.

Third is to look at the global implications of the pandemic which is just getting started in parts of the world. Covid is the entree into a turbulent decade in which the old order will collapse. I wonder if Escobar will sue me for plagiarism if I call my future posts “the raging twenties notes?”

Personally

While all this goes on I will still be living my life in Toronto the Good. I have gotten…

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tim rourke

I am an aging useless eater originally from Alberta, Canada, living in Toronto. I have taken up writing and blogging because I have nothing better to do.