Ontario Morning Podcast - Wednesday October 20, 2021
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Oct 20, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:54:49
The Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada is drawing attention to the fact that patients with heart disease and stroke have suffered from insufficient care during the pandemic. The organization surveyed doctors who confirmed that they're worried about patient outcomes. We have reaction from Dr. Clare Atzema an Emergency Physician at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto; CBC producer Antonia Reed - who is also a mom - talked with parents, tutors and experts about the risk of learning loss among kids during the pandemic; The township of Zorra, east of London has been running a four-day work week pilot project for its public service workers since last fall. Don MacLeod the municipality's Chief Administrative Officer tells about the experiment; Remember how at the beginning of the pandemic we were assiduously cleaning everything that came into our homes, wiping every surface? Researchers from the University of Guelph tested more than 950 samples from high-touch surfaces at four grocery stores last year.The result - zero positives for the coronavirus. Maria Corradini, one of the study's authors tells us more; Did the pandemic cause family doctors to quit here in Ontario? Doctor Tara Kiran, a family doctor with St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto tells us about the results of their study; For this week's books column, Kimberly Sutherland Mills from the Kingston Public Library recommends some of her favourite historical fiction; Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Infectious diseases physician and scientist at Toronto General Hospital discusses the prospects for making the Pfizer vaccine available to younger children and other issues regarding the province's vaccination program; Go green this Halloween. We get some tips on how to be a little more environmentally sensitive from Candice Batista creator of the Eco Hub sustainable lifestyle website.

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