- Viral inequality: Coronavirus might be an equalizer but society is not
Wednesday, April 8th 2020
Some people can work at home, avoid transit, connect to colleagues and friends via Zoom, order supplies to their door, stockpile necessities, and avoid COVID-19. Others can't. Saba Eitizaz speaks to Ian Goldin, of Oxford, about how the Coronavirus has highlighted a class divide and what kind of world will we live in after this is over. Saba also speaks to the Toronto Star’s social justice reporter Laurie Monsebraaten about how this looks in Toronto and who are the most vulnerable falling through the cracks.
- Is it ok to go outside for a walk?
Tuesday, April 7th 2020
Raju Mudhar speaks to Kate Allen, the Star’s science and technology reporter, and asked under what circumstances it’s safe to go out for a stroll. The messages about physical distancing seem to be finally getting through to Canadians, as the mantras of “stay inside” and “stay at home” have been repeated over and over again by public health leaders. But that does leave us with a bit of a strange question: Is it okay to go outside for a walk?
- Why some white supremacists are celebrating the pandemic
Monday, April 6th 2020
Adrian Cheung talks to Ben Makuch, national security reporter for Vice News, about why some neo-Nazis and white supremacists view the COVID-19 pandemic as their moment to act out their racist ideologies.
- Young, healthy Star reporter says getting COVID-19 so much worse than expected
Friday, April 3rd 2020
Raju Mudhar speaks to fellow Toronto Star journalist May Warren about her experience with COVID-19. She discusses how she got COVID-19, how she couldn’t get tested and how much this disease beat her down, regardless of how young she is and revealing how community spread has been in Toronto longer than expected and how—without widespread testing—it’s hard to know how pervasive this is.
- ER doctor speaks from the frontline of COVID-19 and about what we can do to help
Thursday, April 2nd 2020
What is it really like to serve on the frontline of a pandemic? What are doctors and nurses seeing in emergency rooms? How are our healthcare workers coping with the mental stress of making life and death decisions at an unprecedented time, while also being exposed daily to COVID-19? Adrian Cheung talks to an ER doctor, Dr. David Carr, in Toronto. Carr has worked in emergency medicine for nearly two decades and gives a firsthand account on what healthcare workers are facing in the fight against COVID-19.
