Trudeau/Biden’s pledge to fight COVID-19, Should Spring Break be cancelled? & The importance of pandemic preparedness, what went wrong & how to prepare for the future
Bill Kelly Show
English - February 24, 2021 16:32 - 53 minutesNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:
In their first face-to-face virtual bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden have agreed to prioritize the fight against COVID-19, economic recovery following pandemic strain, and the global climate threat.
GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director, School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University
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Should Spring Break be cancelled?
Canadians are divided on whether spring break should proceed at the same time as it usually does (31%), be cancelled (29%), or be postponed to a later date (27%) where they live.
Americans are also fairly split: 31% think it should proceed as usual, 32% think it should be cancelled, and 17% think it should be postponed.
GUEST: Dave Scholz, Executive VP of Leger
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Julianne Piper, a researcher studying the breakdown of the pandemic early warning system, known as the Global Public Health Intelligence Network or GPHIN, said the government’s handling of the highly specialized unit is an important area of concern when looking at what went wrong in the early days of the outbreak.
GUEST: Julianne Piper, Research Fellow and Project Coordinator for the NFRF-funded international research project on IHR compliance and COVID-19 at Simon Fraser University
The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:
In their first face-to-face virtual bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden have agreed to prioritize the fight against COVID-19, economic recovery following pandemic strain, and the global climate threat.
GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director, School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University
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Should Spring Break be cancelled?
Canadians are divided on whether spring break should proceed at the same time as it usually does (31%), be cancelled (29%), or be postponed to a later date (27%) where they live.
Americans are also fairly split: 31% think it should proceed as usual, 32% think it should be cancelled, and 17% think it should be postponed.
GUEST: Dave Scholz, Executive VP of Leger
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Julianne Piper, a researcher studying the breakdown of the pandemic early warning system, known as the Global Public Health Intelligence Network or GPHIN, said the government’s handling of the highly specialized unit is an important area of concern when looking at what went wrong in the early days of the outbreak.
GUEST: Julianne Piper, Research Fellow and Project Coordinator for the NFRF-funded international research project on IHR compliance and COVID-19 at Simon Fraser University