John Dupuis

Jan 11, 2024 | johndupuis.substack.com | John Dupuis

I started 2023 enraged enough about the state of the world to start this newsletter. My theme for our end-of-2022 science books podcast episode was incandescent rage, after all. Where am I now? Still pretty enraged, and thoroughly committed to continuing this newsletter for as long as I feel I can add something useful to the information and advocacy ecosystem around Covid.

Nov 3, 2023 | josepheastman.substack.com | Tara Smith |Brian Doctrow |John Dupuis |Joseph Eastman

It’s still busy around these parts, but I do want to reiterate that I understand that staying strong, believing that the pandemic is real and ongoing, continuing to mask, it’s hard. It can seem futile. But it’s not futile. “The powers that be” want us to think it is. Staying strong has consequences in our lives. But it’s worth it. Our musical interlude and “What are we even doing?” features have returned.

Aug 18, 2023 | johndupuis.substack.com | John Dupuis

The prestigious medical journal BMJ collaborated with a number of Canadian medical researchers to prepare and publish a series of articles analysing and evaluating the Canadian response to the Covid pandemic. The focus of the report was holding Canadian institutions accountable for what they could have done better. The conclusion is that there is enough worth investigating to warrant a public, independent, national inquiry into Canada’s pandemic response.

Jun 21, 2023 | johndupuis.substack.com | John Dupuis

One of the biggest disappointments of the pandemic is how universities sheepishly followed bad government guidance when they could have put together teams of in-house free expertise to combat COVID and create mitigation systems. Terrible miss. This is because uni admin has basically become miniature versions of bad governments. Bunch of eggheads pulling in big salaries for doing nothing but strategic planning.

May 15, 2023 | johndupuis.substack.com | Laurie Garrett |John Dupuis

Bonus music if you stick around until the bitter end!In recent weeks we’ve seen major organisations declare that the “Covid emergency” is over but that somehow the pandemic continues. We’re in a Schrodinger’s Pandemic at this point, where it’s both an issue but not an issue, we’re all both alive and dead at the same time and the only way to tell is to lift our masks and take a deep breath of clean and/or dirty air.