March 27, 2020

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Social media has positive possibilities in pandemic

While verifying the accuracy of information remains a concern, one Western researcher is stressing how social media is also uniquely positioned to help us cope with such a massive, complex issue.

Alumnus bottling help, hand sanitizer for fight

For weeks, hand sanitizer has been in high demand as COVID-19 fears escalated: Store shelves cleaned out. Hoarders and profiteers outed and shamed. Homebrew recipes popping up over the Internet. The need wasn’t going way - so Geoff Dillon decided to see what he could do.

Reducing kids’ pandemic panic a ‘balancing act’

Under normal circumstances, uncertainty provokes worries among children - and these aren’t ordinary circumstances.

Pandemic has led to global outbreak of music

Serenades from Italian balconies. Bagpipes in a London, Ont., neighbourhood. Guitar-strumming police officers in Spain. Mini-concerts created and shared online by Western students. When almost everything else has been stripped away, music is amplified as one of the essentials.