Are We Beginning To Turn The Corner on Covid?

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Are We Beginning To Turn The Corner on Covid?

FromThe Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

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Feb 22, 2021

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A lot of indicators suggest things are improving quickly on the Covid front, but does that mean we have turned the corner? Two of the country's respected infectious disease specialists have their view. One in Halifax and one in Edmonton. Plus, is Israel trading vaccines for hostages? And, what would you charge researchers to be deliberately infected?

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Feb 22, 2021

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