#738 Erring on the Side of Panic

December 16, 2021

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The media is scaring the bejesus out of us about the Omicron variant, but being on perpetual high alert can backfire. And the case against feeding the hungry. Writer, activist and podcaster Nora Loreto co-hosts.

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The media is scaring the bejesus out of us about the Omicron variant, but being on perpetual high alert can backfire. And the case against feeding the hungry. Writer, activist and podcaster Nora Loreto co-hosts.

Links:

Toronto Star piece re: Omicron
Blacklocks Reporter piece re: Minister Anita Anand’s husband
National Post: Capitalist Manifesto
Toronto Star piece re: Food Banks
Nora Loreto’s book, Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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