Covid-19 and Public Health with Kashif Pirzada, MD

The interviewee is an emergency physician based in Toronto. He teaches medicine at three different universities in the Greater Toronto Area, and is also a co-chair of the Canadian Covid Society. What connects this interview to the theme of collapse is the fact that the guest explains that Covid remains a significant risk factor, that long Covid is a persistent problem, that not everyone in positions of authority can easily understand the need for retrofitting buildings with better ventilation in order to reduce the chances of disease transmission through airborne droplets, and that the rise of vaccine skepticism is endangering people with regard to diseases such as measles. The parts of the interview that I find particularly relevant are: 01:56 Is Covid-19 becoming milder? 10:42 What is long Covid? 13:15 The Canadian Covid Society 21:27 Future pandemic preparedness 29:35 Pandemic policies in different countries 38:00 Ventilation and filters to fight Covid-19 43:40 Risks vs benefits of vaccines in general 52:48 Future public health risks