Miscellaneous
Ontario reported 1,589 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, a new single-day record of cases to date, bringing the provincial total to 105,501. Monday’s case count marks the largest single-day increase in cases, ahead of 1,588 recorded on Saturday — the previous largest single-day high. On Sunday, 1,534 new cases were recorded. The record-breaking case count comes on the day that Toronto and Peel Region move into lockdown. Guest: Ahmad Firas Khalid, medical doctor and health policy expert - Now some good news. There is another vaccine on the horizon! AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90 per cent effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to distribute than some of its rivals. The results are based on interim analysis of trials in the U.K. and Brazil of a vaccine developed by Oxford University and manufactured by AstraZeneca. No hospitalizations or severe cases of COVID-19 were reported in those receiving the vaccine. Guest: Brian Dixon, Professor at University of Waterloo and teaches their immunology class in the Department of Biology. He is currently researching COVID antibody testing methods and can speak to the immune response to viruses and the development of vaccines and serological tests - We keep hearing the Government of Ontario being accused of giving the public “mixed messaging” about the COVID-19 pandemic. Does the messaging confuse you? Is the messaging really that mixed? Guest: Randall Denley, columnist for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.