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Kids #1 and #2 have finally made it out the door to school, which starts comically late because during a pandemic buses need more time to deliver kids safely to their final destinations. In fact, Kid #3—the only kid in my household who qualifies for busing—was at the bus stop at 8:15 to catch her bus to get to the same school, with the same start time, as her older brothers who walk the one kilometre.

This is the first in a series of regular blogs from members of the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI)

One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that it has forced the rapid advancement of technology. Not only does this apply to virtual care, but academic conferences have also moved into the virtual sphere. Today, my colleagues and I presented our research at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in Vienna (a.k.a. from the comfort of my Canadian living room). We examined Singapore’s use of digital communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Post-COVID, we should not “go back to normal.” Instead, we should push for a health-care system that values prevention and acknowledges that all policy is health policy.