Full Description
This gripping account of the COVID-19 experience in Saskatchewan goes beyond pandemic memoir to draw lessons we can use to create a healthier future.
Filled with moving stories of how COVID changed people's lives, Ryan Meili's deeply humane account of the pandemic draws on his unique experience as a doctor and as the leader of Saskatchewan's official opposition during the first two years of the outbreak. A Healthy Future reveals how the pandemic exposed and made worse problems in health care, elder care, education, and social supports - and details how we can do better.
Written with passion and commitment, this book offers a firsthand look at how the pandemic laid bare the shortcomings of Saskatchewan's - and Canada's - public health response, with tragic results. It also provides an inspiring vision of what Canadians can learn from the pandemic to create a healthier and more equitable future.
Contents
Foreword: Wisdom in the Scars / Katharine Smart
Introduction
First Wave
Gathering Clouds
The Longest March
Losing Trust
Reopening Minds
Eye of the Storm
Second Wave
Ignoring the Signs
Back to School
Respecting Our Elders
Third Wave
Miracles and Mudholes
Variants of Concern
Fourth Wave
Best Summer Ever
The Dam Breaks
Fifth Wave
Putting It Mildly
Waving Goodbye
Lessons for the Next Wave
Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
