The following articles comprise Yvette d’Entremont‘s 2020 coverage of the coronavirus pandemic:
March 17: From panic to positive action: building a better response to the pandemic
March 17: How stigma around COVID-19 might hurt vulnerable populations
March 18: Bus drivers are “absolutely terrified” about COVID-19
March 19: Farmers Markets adjust to COVID-19 with online stores
March 23: Doctor: Keeping the liquor stores open is the right thing to do
March 24: Virtual doctors’ visits now OK: physicians and province strike deal
March 25: Postal workers are worried about their safety
March 27: Françoise Baylis: What kind of world will we have when we come out of this crisis?
March 31: Report: the food supply is safe
April 1: Drive-thrus and social distancing
April 3; Disaster medicine specialist: Nova Scotia sets the “gold standard” in COVID-19 response
April 6: Wearing non-medical masks now supported by public health officials
April 9: Eating disorders worsen with COVID-19
April 10: A Halifax family explains what it’s like to have COVID-19
April 15: House sales slow, but lots of people still need real estate services
April 16: Daily COVID-19 update: as of last night, Northwood nursing home had 59 cases
April 17: A new way of thinking about food
April 22: Child’s play: researchers want to know what kids are doing with unstructured time
April 23: Daily COVID-19 update: Four more seniors have died with the disease
April 27: Drinking our way through the pandemic isn’t a great idea
April 28: Daily COVID-19 update: Three more Northwood residents have died from the disease
April 30: COVID-19 and vulnerable populations: now is the time for “meaningful social justice change”
May 6: Researcher: nursing home COVID deaths reveal “fault lines” in care for elderly
May 8: Cooking during COVID
May 11: Researcher wants to know how many people are dying from heart attacks because of COVID response
May 21: Harm reduction: how homeless people are getting their drugs during a COVID quarantine
May 22: Transforming Nova Scotia
May 23: Ethicists: Immunity passports are a “bad idea”
May 26: COVID-19 restrictions are causing a mental health crisis: Dal prof
May 30: The pandemic diaries
June 2: We’ll soon be driving more again, so watch out for animals that have gotten used to car-free roads
June 3: If and when a coronavirus vaccine is developed, will people vaccinate their children?
June 4: Caregivers stressed about return to work with no childcare
June 5: Here’s what Day One of the New Normal looked like
June 9: Report: Canadians plan to avoid restaurants ‘for the foreseeable future’
June 10: How COVID-19 social stigma has impacted Nova Scotians
June 11: We’re told to socially distance, but people are hooking up and having sex
June 17: NSHA working on fix for swamped blood collection appointment line
June 19: Dating, romance, and sex in the pandemic
June 22: Funding to house homeless in hotels runs out next week
June 24: Fear of COVID didn’t keep people having a heart attack from going to hospital
June 25: Announcing a different kind of Atlantic bubble: cancer research
July 3: Epidemiologist: the Atlantic bubble is low-risk, until the second wave comes
July 4: People with disabilities ‘getting left behind’ during pandemic
July 7: Should Nova Scotia schools open in the fall, and if so, what should that look like?
July 8: Researcher: “feel no shame — sext your quarantine away,” but be safe
July 14: Parents press for back-to-school plan
July 14: Child’s play: kids’ physical activity levels are plummeting during pandemic
July 19: Anti-maskers bring their misinformation to Halifax
July 31: Nova Scotia COVID-19 update: Two new cases, masks become mandatory
Aug. 4: Documents show horrors at Northwood during COVID outbreak
Aug. 11: Study: the pandemic hit to the restaurant industry will continue for years
Aug. 18: What do the kids think about back-to-school?
Aug. 19: Union leaders: Schools could be ‘match that lights the second wave’
Aug. 24: Hand sanitizer package looks like children’s food pouch
Aug. 25: Time to catch up on all our vaccines: Doctor
Sept. 1: Because of the pandemic, we’re cooking more at home; we’re also wasting a lot more food
Sept. 1: Psychologist: parents shouldn’t let their anxiety over school reopening spook their children
Nov. 9: New study to give clearer picture of numbers of Canadian COVID-19 infections
Nov. 12: Nova Scotians cite fear of COVID more than other Canadians for ordering online groceries
Nov. 26: Long haulers: six months after contracting COVID-19, some people still suffer from the disease
Nov. 26: Study examining COVID-19 in health care workers seeking Halifax participants
Nov. 30: Dal prof: Better funding may stave off a “mental health disaster”
Dec. 9: Report: Our mental health is deteriorating through the pandemic