Though @picardonhealth works at a competing newspaper, I hope lawmakers across the country today pick it up today & read his column: “(Some premiers are) embracing a false dichotomy, the notion that you can either protect people from the coronavirus or protect the economy.

We can do both. Look at Australia. Melbourne locked down – really locked down, without spin classes, weddings, religious services, open restaurants and bars – for 100 days. Until there was no community transmission. Not 1,000 cases a day, not 700, but none.

They didn’t content themselves with slowing the spread of the virus, they stopped it. Now they are reaping the benefits, a truly open economy and a population at low risk from the pandemic, a fully functioning health system and more. @fordnation @jkenney

Here’s the link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-you-cannot-slow-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-by-loosening/