COVID-19: Responding to the Second Wave

PUBLISHED: 03/10/2020 Are we about to see the same lockdowns 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? ———————————— GUESTS: Patrick Saunders Hastings - Professor in Health Sciences at Carleton University -https://carleton.ca/healthsciences/people/patrick-saunders-hastings/ Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti - Infectious Disease Specialist -Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga - https://twitter.com/TorontoIDDoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Susan Kirkland - Head University Research Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology - Dalhousie University -https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/community-health/our-people/our-faculty/susan-kirkland.html ———————————— REFERENCES: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cases-are-rising-in-ontario-will-another-lockdown-follow-stay-tuned-to-the-doug-ford-plan?fbclid=IwAR3IX871w5nJywhJ3BLCNGa5GZxa4K9ULCXn-ej-fGVbFa0fLm1qXtqlGq0 https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/what-worries-canadian-doctors-most-ahead-of-a-second-wave-of-covid-19-1.5124454 https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/americas/canada-trudeau-covid-19-second-wave-intl/index.html https://globalnews.ca/video/7364109/coronavirus-doug-ford-says-ontario-is-now-in-a-2nd-wave-of-the-virus https://globalnews.ca/news/7342097/canadians-approval-second-coronavirus-lockdown/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7342801/canada-coronavirus-second-wave/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7351605/coronavirus-canada-sept-22/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-second-covid-19-wave-may-have-started-in-quebec-top-public-health/ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/lessons-covid-19-taught-us-as-we-prepare-for-the-great-unknown https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/second-wave-will-come-at-us-harder-than-the-last-one-ford-and-canadas-top-doc-warn-of-covid-19-surge https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/canada-s-inevitable-second-wave-of- covid-19-will-expose-surveillance-blindspots-experts-1.12432427 https://www.macleans.ca/society/health/coronavirus-in-canada-these-charts-show-how-our-fight-to-flatten-the-curve-is-going/ https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2020/9/keep-calm-and-shop-on-befriending-the-virus https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/second-wave-covid-19-quebec-1.5666111 https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/covid-second-wave-canada-health_ca_5f4d5a62c5b697186e39de5d https://globalnews.ca/news/7370206/canada-coronavirus-cases-sept-30/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7365177/coronavirus-second-wave-compliance/ https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/epidemiologist-the-atlantic-bubble-is-low-risk-until-the-second-wave-comes/ https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/support-for-atlantic-bubble-remains-strong-as-canada-wide-case-numbers-surge-1.5122350 https://globalnews.ca/news/7365992/coronavirus-bubble-canada-toronto/