Seniors & COVID Infections, Extending the Gas Tax Cut, and Take Your Kid to Work Day
THE MEDICAL RECORD:\xa0 WHAT A CMAJ STUDY TELLS US ABOUT SENIORS AND COVID-19 INFECTIONS\n12-12:30 PM\n\nMarissa Lennox is joined by Dr. Sohail Gandhi, Family physician, and a past president of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto.\n\nIn the news: The Ontario government is reducing breast screening mammograms for women from ages 50 to age 40 with the aim of making early detection easier. Meanwhile, data from a study from CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) shows that 4 in 10 Canadian Seniors ages 80 and older have likely avoided infections so far and that they must continue to be prioritized for vaccination since this demo is at highest risk of hospitalization and even death from COVID-19. And, we are soon going back an hour from Daylight Saving Time to Standard time. We've heard in the past that such a time change can lead to increase in risk of heart attack but what also cannot be discounted is the impact that it can have on those living with dementia and Alzheimer's by causing daily routine changes and worsening symptoms.\n\nFORD GOVERNMENT EXTENDING THE GAS TAX CUT\n12:30-12:45 PM\n\nMarissa Lennox is now joined by Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy.\n\nThis week: Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that his government is extending the gas tax cut by 5.7 cents per litre until June of 2024. In the same announcement, Ford called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to drop the carbon tax altogether.\n\nTAKE YOUR KID TO WORK DAY\n12:45-1 PM\n\nMarissa Lennox is now joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP and his daughter Celeste Quinn.\n\nIt's Take Our Kids to Work Day and today we've got Celeste Quinn joining us. She tells us something new she learned about her dad's work at CARP, what she's got on the itinerary while she spends the day at the Zoomerplex and what career she wants to pursue when she's older (hint: it has to do with animals).