Covid stories du jour

The BA.2 variant of Covid is spreading in Canada and the world short-track skating competition meant to take place here in March has been cancelled. (Probably this story would normally sink without a trace, but coming right after the Olympics there may be more of a fuss.)

These stories are against a background of reopening stories: the resumption of international conferences and pressure to ease travel rules.

But this is nothing new. From the start, the media have had, on the one hand, stories about the development of the pandemic itself, the medical and political responses to it, and on the other, stories about the people who want their profession or their business or their person to be excused pandemic measures. But did anyone foresee the social disruption that would be happening at this stage of things?

La Presse surveys how things will look this spring, as far as we know at this stage.