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EPISODE · Nov 17, 2021 · 20 MIN

Front-line doctors fighting on two fronts: a deadly pandemic and digital harassment

from This Matters · host Toronto Star

Guest: Dr. Naheed Dosani, Toronto-based palliative care physician and health justice activist Even as health care workers were being hailed by many as heroes for facing the deadly COVID-19 pandemic on the front line, many were also targets of online hate, racism and xenophobia. The digital harassment has seeped into real-life with anti-vaccination protests outside hospitals where there have been reports of violence and abuse. Dr. Naheed Dosani joins "This Matters" to talk about the nightmare that has been the last 18 months and what needs to happen next to protect them.

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