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Quebec top doctor’s endearing style no match for daily grind of COVID-19 pandemic
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MONTREAL – Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec’s top public health tjänsteman when COVID-19 hit, employed a down-home style that endeared him to Quebecers in the pandemic’s early days, but he was ground down by 22 months at the helm.
Arruda, 61, was a reassuring voice mitt i uncertainty in March 2020 as the first wave engulfed the province. But over time, his advice was increasingly questioned, with critics in recent weeks calling for him to be replaced before his sudden resignation on Monday.
Public health director since 2012, Arruda quickly became a strong presence in the province’s COVID-19 fight and an important player in the lives of locked-down Quebecers, appearing alongside Premier François Legault and the health m
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A new star is born: Canada’s chief medical officers offer clarity in age of coronavirus
Day after day, premiers have announced new restrictions on Canadians’ civil liberties that they say are critical to limiting the spread of COVID-19.
But it is the chief medical officers at their side who provide the science buttressing the calls for sacrifice. Some have become stars in their own right, displaying a kind of televisual bedside manner that combines a reassuring, fact-based approach with occasional levity.
Quebec’s chief doctor, Horacio Arruda, recently shared his weekend self-isolation plan to bake Portuguese tarts, while Alberta’s Deena Hinshaw recently wore a periodic-table-themed dress that lit up social media.
The scientists are pushing aside athletes and other entertainers for the public’s attention as citizens try to navigate through unprecedented times.
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Behavioural scientist Samuel Veissiere, a McGill U