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John Michael McGrath

John Michael McGrath is a columnist and reporter for TVO.org, Ontario’s public broadcaster, focusing on provincial and municipal public policy. He’d like the pandemic to end any time now, really.

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Essay by John Michael McGrath

A Year Looking at the Numbers

For the last year, seven days a week, I’ve woken up to post the province’s COVID numbers. It turns out people don’t want data—they want someone to tell them how this all ends.

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