Public health
Public health, wellness and medical issues as understood by a concerned layman
Last Call in Canada?
New limits for alcohol ignore benefits Journalists love “headline numbers”, big round figures, especially millions and billions. They catch readers’ attention and seem impressive. But in January 2023 the lowly figure two (2) caught everyone’s attention; as in, two drinks a week. A health advisory board proposed that as a national guideline. “Two? per week!?”…
A top doctor dissents: lockdowns not the answer
“Lockdown will have at best a short-term impact on Covid cases”: One public-health expert challenges the Canadian media’s consensus. _________________________________ INTERVIEW Dr Richard Schabas, former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario and the country’s best-recognized lockdown critic, granted the following interview to davidwinch.website. Q. Dr Schabas, first a bit of background: you served as Chief Medical…
What is WHO?
Things I learned from being around the Geneva world-health behemoth What is WHO, where and why? Such questions abound these days regarding the UN health-expert body, and have flown around the Internet since the Covid pandemic was officially announced in March 2020. I have no medical expertise, but some personal and anecdotal knowledge of its…