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In this series so far, I've been focusing on causes close to home. But since yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the Coronavirus being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, I decided this was the right time to donate to a charity working on the international scene:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/international-development-and-relief-foundation/campaign/coivid-19-emergency-response/
It's pretty clear that you and I and our respective families are not (relatively) safe from the virus until EVERYONE is reasonably safe from it. That, after all, is the rationale behind COVAX and prioritizing the most vulnerable populations for access to immunizations. IDRF is very transparent as far as how it allocates the funds it raises and I found it fascinating to explore their website:
https://idrf.ca/
As we gain more knowledge about how best to survive the virus, the virus too is struggling to survive by mutating into more contagious variants of itself. The specific concerns we have about Covid-19 today have also evolved from where they were a year ago.
But hope is definitely on the horizon. I'm confident that things will not look as dire a year hence!
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/international-development-and-relief-foundation/campaign/coivid-19-emergency-response/
It's pretty clear that you and I and our respective families are not (relatively) safe from the virus until EVERYONE is reasonably safe from it. That, after all, is the rationale behind COVAX and prioritizing the most vulnerable populations for access to immunizations. IDRF is very transparent as far as how it allocates the funds it raises and I found it fascinating to explore their website:
https://idrf.ca/
As we gain more knowledge about how best to survive the virus, the virus too is struggling to survive by mutating into more contagious variants of itself. The specific concerns we have about Covid-19 today have also evolved from where they were a year ago.
But hope is definitely on the horizon. I'm confident that things will not look as dire a year hence!
