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When dealing with HIV/AIDS, people do not have unprotected sex. With cholera, folks simply don’t drink tainted water. Well, for COVID-19, people must be physically distant.
Individuals who do not follow these recommendations simply blow a hole in the dam or breakwall that we are all trying to build, to shunt the size of the approaching public health tsunami.
April 8, 2020 - Opinion
Canada is desperately racing against the clock to stop the looming public health tsunami of Covid-2019. We are still lagging behind Europe or the U.S. on the epidemic curve.
But we know the public health tidal wave is approaching our shores. So we must urgently build breakwalls to protect ourselves.
March 26, 2020 - Opinion
Close to one in ten Canadians suffer from asthma, and yet, the causes of the respiration condition are not fully understood.
While triggers such as indoor and outdoor air pollution are clearly identified, the root causes are still unclear.
Some suspect early foods in infants, over-sanitized home environment, alongside genetic pre-conditions.
January 16, 2006
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The current coronavirus public health crisis is a painful reminder of the value of early public health interventions.
In more technical jargon, this is the prevention dividend, which is the savings generated by investments in public health upstream, thus reducing illness-related expenses downstream.
May 9, 2020 - Opinion
The current social and economic pause that the COVID-19 public health emergency is forcing upon us, offers actually a great opportunity to slow down, catch our breath and take stock of our world, which has been racing ahead for the last 20 years, in the wake of the digital revolution.
June 18, 2020 - Opinion
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