Torontoist just posted an essay I wrote about this being the 10th anniversary of the SARS breakout in Toronto (which went on to kill 44 people and cost the country $2 billion), and the fact that nothing is being done to commemorate it. That is to say that commemorations are not necessarily celebrations, but can be sober remembrances of mistakes made in our past.
Read it here.
Excellent essay! I read it a day ago without checking the author name and thought it was great; even nicer to come back and discover that you wrote it! 🙂
Thanks, Heather! It was very challenging to put together – certainly the most journalistic piece I’ve written. I appreciate the feedback.