On COVID Messaging, It’s Time Government Treated Us Like Adults

On COVID Messaging, It’s Time Government Treated Us Like Adults
Health Minister Patty Hajdu speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Dec. 4, 2020. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
John Robson
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In the long, strange saga of Canadian governments’ response to COVID-19, one of the strangest crept by last weekend. Asked what difference getting vaccinated would make to our medical risks and severely impaired liberties, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said she had no idea but would have a really good one soon.

John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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