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A populist slogan in dealing with the corona Virus Outbreak including among policymakers who just a few weeks ago score untrammeled bounce and social distancing why has so much of the initial advise on how to handle call that 19 been trying done is chads well to discuss that im now joined by Stephen Hoffman director of the global strategy live and professor of Global Health law and Political Science at York University professor of health and think you very much for joining us from what i understand to be the privacy of your home thats right i mean so quarantine my so after the canadian government asked anyone returning to canada within the last 14 days to remain in their homes for the remainder of that 14 day period and the you told me before the recording that its your 12th day in south quarantine and you seem to be doing pretty well yes yeah im very lucky i have heard apartments i have family and friends who have been able to help and but it. Take its toll in the sense that im used t
Get through this and in the best way now we know from science that of past outbreaks that travel back and dont typically work and the reason for that is because what people really want to travel they find a way of doing so and if people are going to travel we really want them to use official channels because then if they do you can thank ted we can quickly identify them and identify everyone theyve come into close contact with in order to ask them to go into quarantine cant do that if people are traveling through unofficial channels now that they said even governments that at 1st were calling against travel bans we are now starting to see some start to invoke that and i think the reason for that is were recognizing that this outbreak is just so different than past outbreaks correct me from im wrong but the last this past week has produced a very rapid increase in the number of infections in canada as well as the. Steep increase in the number of fatalities and i wonder if this initial h
Initial advisement how to handle call that 19 been trying to honest had to discuss that im now joined by Stephen Hoffman director of the Global Strategy Lab and professor hall Global Health law and Political Science at York University professor holton thank you very much for joining us from what i understand to be the privacy of your home thats right i mean so quarantine myself after the canadian government asked anyone returning to canada within the last 14 days to remain in their homes for the remainder of that 14 day period and the you told me before the recording that its your 12th day in south korea and you seem to be doing pretty well yes yeah im very lucky i have i could apartments i have family and friends whove been able to help and but it. Take its toll in the sense that im used to being out and about outside going to work and this is a new experience for me but one that i recognize how lucky i am given i have friends and family and supports that i know that from the very beg
Im used to being out and about outside going to work and this is a new experience for me but one that i recognize how lucky i am given i have friends and family and supports that i know that from the very beginning of this al baker youve been. Calling against overreaction and save your trip travel restrictions and many policymakers including canadas house minister seem to share that view only a week ago but since then canada has introduced restrictions on foreign travel as well what do you think accounts for such a dramatic change in policy well this outbreak is clearly a serious threat that requires a serious response and so i think right now what were seeing is governments around the world trying to figure out just whats the best way to respond to help break like this one i think theres so much we still dont know but the good news is were learning more and more every day and the hope is that governments response is. Can be informed with the best Available Evidence because thats how w