Of culture wars and cranks: how COVID became a deadly test of our collective responsibility

It goes without saying that, with the second wave of the pandemic roaring ahead, Canadian leaders need to work much harder to reinforce the message that individual responsibility is the key to holding back COVID-19.

A pedestrian walks past a sign advertising face masks on Bank Street in downtown Ottawa on May 15. Canadians must shelve the anti-social, destructive mindsets associated with mask rejection and COVID conspiracies, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 7, 2020

OTTAWA—So President Donald Trump, who has sought for months to play down the extent and dangers of COVID-19 and ridiculed mask wearing, allowed a super-spreader environment to be created among his own White House staff. It’s another of the upside-down realities of Trump’s tenure that are so b...

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