Roy Green Show Podcast, Jan, 07: Terry Totten, Damar Hamlin’s H.S. Coach. – Ioan Grillo, Journalist/Author on Mexico Cartel Violence. – Current/Past Cdn Med Assoc Presidents on Healthcare Crisis. – Fmr Pres/CEO GSK Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines/Covid.

Today’s podcast:
Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills improving health. 
Guest: Terry Totton. Head football coach at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and Damar Hamlin's high school coach.
Criminal drug cartels at war with the Mexican national government. This week virtual open warfare broke out as Ovidio Guzman, son of cartel kingpin El Chapo Guzman was captured by Mexican forces after the president of Mexico had ordered the release of Ovidio in order to avoid continuing assaults by cartel gunmen. Canadian travelers were urged by the federal government to shelter in place in Mexico.
Drug cartel members in armoured vehicles on New Year's Day attacked a Mexican state prison and the municipal police HQ in Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. 19 people are killed. 24, including a cartel boss were freed by the heavily armed attackers or escaped. Just days from now President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau will meet with Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a major North American summit. What is going on in our USMCA partner country when drug cartel killers attack government installatioins?
Guest: Ioan Grillo. Journalist/author living and reporting in Mexico. In his book Blood Gun Money: Firearms Trafficking Along America's Iron River, Grillo chases down how America arms gangs and cartels. He talks to arms makers, street corner thugs, hit men, gun buyers and seller and victims, as well as perpetrators of gun violence.
Healthcare. Canadians #1 issue at the outset of 2023. How do the two doctors most recently presidents of the Canadian Medical Association identify the most significant healthcare needs of Canadians and what do these doctors declare is critical to repairing our broken national healthcare system?
Guests: Dr. Katherine Smart. Immediate past-president, CMA and Yukon pediatrician. Has worked in major urban and rural hospitals. & Dr. Alika Lafontaine. Current president CMA and the Association's first Indigenous president. Listed in the Medical Post's '50 Most Powerful Doctors.'
According to the WHO and national public health in Canada the Covid variant XBB.1.5 is the new threat to health globally and here in Canada. (Tomorrow we'll get deeper into this XBB variant threat)
How do pharmaceutical companies create new vaccines, boosters and other anti-viral treatments for Covid variants for a complete age range of Canadians when we don't know until the variant is established that it's present in the population? Are governments and particularly the current federal government a help or hindrance?
Guest: Paul Lucas. Former president/CEO of Glaxo Smith Kline, Canada.
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Host/Content Producer – Roy Green
Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay
Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor
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Today’s podcast:

Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills improving health. 

Guest: Terry Totton. Head football coach at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and Damar Hamlin's high school coach.

Criminal drug cartels at war with the Mexican national government. This week virtual open warfare broke out as Ovidio Guzman, son of cartel kingpin El Chapo Guzman was captured by Mexican forces after the president of Mexico had ordered the release of Ovidio in order to avoid continuing assaults by cartel gunmen. Canadian travelers were urged by the federal government to shelter in place in Mexico.

Drug cartel members in armoured vehicles on New Year's Day attacked a Mexican state prison and the municipal police HQ in Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. 19 people are killed. 24, including a cartel boss were freed by the heavily armed attackers or escaped. Just days from now President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau will meet with Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a major North American summit. What is going on in our USMCA partner country when drug cartel killers attack government installatioins?

Guest: Ioan Grillo. Journalist/author living and reporting in Mexico. In his book Blood Gun Money: Firearms Trafficking Along America's Iron River, Grillo chases down how America arms gangs and cartels. He talks to arms makers, street corner thugs, hit men, gun buyers and seller and victims, as well as perpetrators of gun violence.

Healthcare. Canadians #1 issue at the outset of 2023. How do the two doctors most recently presidents of the Canadian Medical Association identify the most significant healthcare needs of Canadians and what do these doctors declare is critical to repairing our broken national healthcare system?

Guests: Dr. Katherine Smart. Immediate past-president, CMA and Yukon pediatrician. Has worked in major urban and rural hospitals. & Dr. Alika Lafontaine. Current president CMA and the Association's first Indigenous president. Listed in the Medical Post's '50 Most Powerful Doctors.'

According to the WHO and national public health in Canada the Covid variant XBB.1.5 is the new threat to health globally and here in Canada. (Tomorrow we'll get deeper into this XBB variant threat)

How do pharmaceutical companies create new vaccines, boosters and other anti-viral treatments for Covid variants for a complete age range of Canadians when we don't know until the variant is established that it's present in the population? Are governments and particularly the current federal government a help or hindrance?

Guest: Paul Lucas. Former president/CEO of Glaxo Smith Kline, Canada.

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Host/Content Producer – Roy Green

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor

If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast!

https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/

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