Languishing in lockdown: mental strain ramps up as third wave of COVID crests

Has anyone really done the cost-benefit analysis of preserving aspects of physical health while continuing to pay little attention to mental turmoil?

It is hard not to wonder if many of the physicians get the full degree of suffering that happens when they call for and have lockdowns transpire, writes Tim Powers.Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 31, 2021

OTTAWA—Here we go again. Ontario is apparently being slammed by the third wave of this pandemic. And as surely as the sun rises, many medical professionals and others are calling for yet another lockdown. It is soul destroying and demoralizing. Perhaps by the time Easter is upon us we will know o...

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