1. Anyone who works in Forest Health in Canada is going to recognize this story. We have a systemic problem in the way this country is constituted and governed. #coronavirus https://twitter.com/picardonhealth/status/1248201920457646081?s=19">https://twitter.com/picardonh...

2. It& #39;s too early in this coronavirus pandemic to respond in full, to conduct a post-mortem analysis. We& #39;re halfway through the first phase of a three-phase program. But ...

3. Canada& #39;s fractured governance plus federal under-investment through the Harper years continues to be a major stumbling block in the efficient management of national scale biological threats that necessarily require interprovincial and territorial coordination.

4. "I& #39;m from Ottawa, and I& #39;m here to help" is an old line that gets told again & again in the Boomer class. It& #39;s a federal admission that it recognizes its coordinatorship role, but lacks the field skill (and financial clout) required to deliver provincial-level programs.

5. But as a Gen Xer, this line doesn& #39;t make me laugh or eyeroll. It makes me ask: "why does it have to be this way? Which is pretty much what Bernie Sanders said on Stephen Colbert last night, if you saw him.

6. I& #39;m going to pick this thread back up again when it& #39;s time. It& #39;s not time right now. I& #39;m going to close for now by mentioning a couple of themes to be picked up on later.