TORONTO – Rompendo un silenzio di settimane nonostante i livelli del virus respiratorio sinciziale, dell’influenza e del Covid-19, abbiano messo in ginocchio gli ospedali pediatrici dell’Ontario, il Chief medical officer dell’Ontario Kieran Moore (nella foto), ha affermato che le cose stanno migliorando ma ha esortato le persone a rimanere caute…
HAMILTON – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came face to face with some protesters Tuesday night in Hamilton, Ontario, when his massive security team escorted him across the street from the “Breda Bar” restaurant where he and members of his federal cabinet – meeting in “retreat” in the Ontario city – had gathered for dinner. →
TORONTO – Fake news, testimonials and personal narratives used to suggest a distorted interpretation of reality and social networks used as a means of spreading false information: this and much more is discussed in the report drawn up by the Council of Canadian Academies, a non-profit organization that examines complex scientific topics of public interest. Including Covid-19, as in the case of “Fault Lines” (Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation), a work supported by a gigantic bibliography (over sixty pages of references) from which it clearly emerges that misinformation on the coronavirus has done great damage to Canadian society, contributing to more than 2,800 deaths and an estimated $30 million in hospital visits and intensive care. Deaths that could have been avoided and money that could have been spent elsewhere. →
TORONTO – L’emergenza è tra di noi e il sindaco di Toronto John Tory dichiara che è giunto il momento di agire, di affrontare la “crisi di salute mentale” che si sta allargando a macchia d’olio. E per farlo chiede un vertice nazionale sul benessere psichico. Intervistato da Cp24 Breakfast, ieri il primo cittadino ha tracciato un legame tra la salute mentale e alcuni degli inquietanti atti di violenza che sono accaduti in città…