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Lessons from the smoking epidemic apply to COVID-19 too
From the Ottawa Citizen
February 1, 2021
By Daniel Robinson
"My mother-in-law is in the hospital with COVID-19. Across the street, mask-less workers are building a house. Cases remain high, and hospitalizations and deaths are soaring.
Having spent years researching Canada’s smoking epidemic, I am not surprised by this state of affairs. Canada, with the exception of Atlantic Canada, has largely failed the COVID-19 test. This is, in part, due to historical public health amnesia, coupled with wishful thinking by elected officials that moral exhortation and public education can be the main drivers for beating the pandemic." (continue reading)
