Dr. Blake Pearson’s Lockdown Learning Series launched on April 8 as a way to educate people about what actions they could take to improve their individual health and lower risk factors for the novel coronavirus.
Over a month later, the series has evolved to address changing needs in uncertain and ever-changing times. The physician, based out of Sarnia, Ont., says viewers have tuned in from across Ontario, the United States and even as far away as Egypt. “I was taking calls in our community to basically kind of triage to keep people out of the emergency room, let’s say, that maybe could have managed things from home,” Pearson explained on The Afternoon Show with Jess Brady on Global News Radio 980 CFPL on Tuesday. “That started with talking