Debates around COVID-19 are now fueled by conspiracy theories, fake news and scapegoats. But as the story of Quebec in the 19th century makes clear, pandemics have always been linked to outbreaks of mass skepticism and witch hunts.
Source: LA PRESSE
Founded in 1884, La Presse is a French-language news outlet published daily in Montreal, Canada. It is owned by Groupe Gesca, a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada. As of 2017, it is an online only publication
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-OpEd- Let’s talk about the words that are at the center of this wake-up-call of a debate. There’s the word “racism,” for starters. It’s a garbage dump of a word, one that embodies a stinking reality, that brings to mind filth like Hitler and the Ku Klux Klan. That’s what comes to the mind of […]