Daily on TV, radio and social media platforms, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has provided coronavirus updates, repeating that “our government” acts only on the best advice of medical and other experts.
Advice hardly anchored in granite-like certitude, it would appear. Just this week, Canadians have been officially urged to wear face coverings if presented with situations challenging the demanded two metres of physical distancing in public.
Six weeks ago, on March 31, a Canadian Press story reported just as officially, “Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer maintained in a press conference that while face masks can cut down on the spread of coronavirus when worn by someone already infected, it does little for healthy