As doctors across Canada receive COVID-19 vaccines, many are sharing photographs on social media to inspire hope and to encourage others to get vaccinated too. This has sparked a controversy around “vaccine selfies,” as other doctors say the pictures provoke anxiety, anger and envy. The debate among doctors over how to use social media is […]
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Anger over Italy virus rules as curfews enforced around Europe
Anger was growing in Italy Monday over harsh new coronavirus restrictions brought in to “save Christmas”, while other hard-hit countries enforced curfews in a bid to avoid fresh national lockdowns. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s decision to close restaurants and bars from 6:00 pm and shut all theatres, cinemas and gyms for a month was […]
Fear and anger as cholera strikes again in Zimbabwe
Sixty-year-old Emma Zhakata winces, struggling to hold back tears as she relates how her husband, one of 32 cholera victims in Zimbabwe, died within hours of falling ill. She never suspected her 69-year-old husband, Wonder Zhakata, would die suddenly after complaining that he felt weak and was suffering stomach pain. After she rushed her husband […]