“A huge impact on every family”: Chinese who lost relatives to COVID angry at failure to protect elderly

MARTIN QUIN POLLARD, of Reuters, reports that for many grieving relatives, bereavement is mixed with anger over what they say was a lack of preparation to protect the elderly before China suddenly abandoned its “zero-COVID” policy in December…
Melbourne reopens as world’s most locked-down city eases pandemic restrictions

Melbourne, Australia Reuters Melbourne residents flocked to the city’s pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world’s most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed to combat the spread of COVID-19. Australia’s second-largest city has so far endured 262 days, or nearly nine months, of restrictions […]
Vulnerability

Vulnerability is the ability to admit, to ourselves and others, areas in our life where we don’t feel confident, where we lack strength. Being vulnerable is to open yourself up to criticism and the possibility of being hurt. PICTURE: Harli Marten/Unsplash Many people see vulnerability as weakness and therefore never go there. They never open […]