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How a COVID ‘blindspot’ keeps essential workplaces dangerous

How a COVID ‘blindspot’ keeps essential workplaces dangerous

FromThis Matters


How a COVID ‘blindspot’ keeps essential workplaces dangerous

FromThis Matters

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
May 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Guest: Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Toronto Star’s Work and Wealth Reporter In COVID’s third wave, workplaces are the single largest outbreak settings, according to Ontario’s provincial data. More than 23,500 Ontarians have contracted COVID from work, many of them in industries like warehousing, manufacturing and food processing, the very sectors helping support millions through the pandemic. 15 months on, what’s our big blindspot in how to slow down transmission? Is there a fundamental misunderstanding by the province and by businesses, in how COVID actually spreads? We explore how aerosol and ventilation could be the key to safe workplaces.
Released:
May 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What’s happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those questions, on important stories and ideas, every day, Monday to Friday. Hosts Saba Eitizaz and Raju Mudhar talk to experts and newsmakers about the social, cultural, political and economic stories that shape your life.