What Northern Ireland is facing now is not remotely on the scale of 1971 and the balance of power and political complexion have changed dramatically. But it is also striking how we are witnessing an updated version of the unionist denial and delusion of 50 years ago and how the capacity to look forward and adapt to changed reality is so compromised by recourse to historic siege tactics. The outward defiance is tempered by understandably deep anxieties, which need to be managed through a process of dialogue rather than a massaging of those fears and falling back on a self-image of persecution that is being wildly exaggerated by unionist leaders as representative of half the population of the North.
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Pregnant women are more likely to become severely ill from COVID and need to be hospitalized and to a lesser extent end up in intensive care compared to women in the general population, according to a year-long national study.
The report shows the number of COVID-positive pregnancies Canada-wide went up by 44 per cent this year compared to last year, rising to 4,064 on March 26 from 2,824 on Dec. 31.
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“It’s a reflection of the second and third waves,” said lead researcher Dr. Deborah Money, a UBC obstetrics and gynaecology professor, and scientist at the Women’s Health Research Institute.
TORONTO An Abbotsford, B.C. woman who was placed in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 and gave birth while in the coma is speaking publicly for the first time about the experience and her recovery. In an interview with CTV News, Gillian McIntosh said she and her newborn son Travis are back home and doing well, and want to thank the hospital staff for saving both of their lives. “I’m incredibly grateful for everybody at the hospital who has helped get me back on track and make sure that my son was healthy and that we’re all here together,” she said in the interview.