COVID-19

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Why Is the Pandemic Death Toll among Workers Still a Mystery?

May 13, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Nora Loreto

COVID-19 didn’t spare workers in manufacturing, but two years on, information about their deaths remains hard to find

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Society

What Happened to Your Face? A Meditation on the Pandemic Beard

April 6, 2022June 5, 2022 - by Sean Wetselaar

Status symbol, face warmer, or sign of disrepute? Facial hair trends often change alongside historical events

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Current Affairs

Why Is Canada Deporting Front Line Workers in the Middle of a Pandemic?

March 25, 2022May 2, 2022 - by Isabel Macdonald

More than 18,000 people have been forced to leave, including those who kept our society running during the worst of COVID-19

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Podcasts

COVID-19 Two Years On: Episode 9 of The Deep Dive

March 17, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

It was a moment that most people won’t forget any time soon: just over two years ago, the COVID-19 virus was declared a pandemic. But when will it all end?

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Hooked-up Culture

March 10, 2022June 23, 2023 - by Katie Underwood

Edged out of the city by ever-inflating housing prices—and freed up by flexible working parameters, courtesy of COVID-19—Canadian millennials might finally have a shot at financial stability. If the Wi-Fi’s good, that is.

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Science

The Russian Flu: Was a Nineteenth-Century Outbreak Actually the Result of a Coronavirus?

March 1, 2022November 3, 2022 - by Dan Werb

Leading scientists are looking to history to see if coronavirus epidemics have been hiding in plain sight

Podcasts

How to Save Dying Gay Bars: Episode 5 of The Deep Dive

February 17, 2022February 18, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a difficult time for bars and nightclubs. It’s been especially hard for gay bars, which have acted as safe spaces for the queer community for decades