UnpublishedTV: COVID-19's Second Wave

Unpublished Cafe

English - October 20, 2020 01:02 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB
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Are we about to see the same lockdowns we enduring in Spring in response to COVID’s second-wave?

The number of Covid cases is on the rise in Canada as the provinces struggle with hot spots. Quebec has gone into Red Alert and ordered residents in three hotspots not to socialize outside their household.

Medical experts are advising against severe lockdown measures, as the virus only stops spreading for as long as the lockdown is in affect - and the consequences on business are far longer lasting and detrimental. Will this second wave be worse than the first?

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GUESTS:

Patrick Saunders-Hastings - Professor of Epidemiology / Gevity Consulting

Jasmine Moulton - Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Mike Schreiner - Leader Green Party of Ontario, MPP Guelph