Description
Book SynopsisThis riveting insider’s account of how the COVID-19 pandemic unfurled in one of Canada’s hardest-hit provinces draws on the lessons learned to provide a hopeful vision for building a healthier future.
Trade Review“When the pandemic arrived, Dr. Ryan Meili was both a physician and the leader of the NDP opposition in Saskatchewan. He was in a unique position to take part in both the medical and the political responses to COVID-19, and he kept meticulous notes. He transformed them into an insightful journal of Saskatchewan’s plague years in
A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis, his new book published this fall.” -- Crawford Kilian * The Tyee *
Table of ContentsForeword: 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
