Lockdown Toronto

The failure of Ontario's pandemic response is palpable. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has dropped the ball with what seems like reactionary and nonsensical policy measures from closing down playgrounds, to arbitrary stop and search powers given to police, to permitting Covid hotspots such as construction and warehouses to continue operating. Ontario it seems has has had enough. Sitting member of the official opposition, Member of Provincial Parliament Tom Rakocevic (NDP - Humber River—Black Creek) returns to Lockdown Toronto for our one-year anniversary episode and helps us understand the current frustrations with Ontario's terrible leadership. You can follow Tom at: https://twitter.com/RakocevicT Cited in this cast: Washington Post: Doug Ford Must Resign Ottawa Citizen: COVID-19 science advisory table says it did not select hot spot postal codes CBC: Doug Ford's popularity plummets as pandemic takes its toll CBC: The inside story of Doug Ford's COVID-19 climbdowns ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. FB https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98s... Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Colin Furness is an infection control epidemiologist, and has spent the bulk of his work developing tools that track the spread of infectious diseases and he currently works at the University of Toronto as an assistant professor at the faculty of information. He joins us in this episode to speak on Covid 19, what its potential "ugly" third wave looks like, and the future of how Toronto and the world will and should deal with this disease. We go local to global in our exploration of this topic, infection spread, opening of schools, and more. It's a great show and informative on the new variants of Covid-19 and what to expect with society opening up. It's a long overdue discussion on Lockdown Toronto and a great listen. Enjoy. Colin Furness, contact info. Cited in this cast: New York Times: In Hunt for Virus Source, W.H.O. Let China Take Charge Time Magazine: Taiwan Says It Tried to Warn the World About Coronavirus. Here's What It Really Knew and When Globe and Mail: China points finger at U.S. as WHO experts offer vindication to Wuhan lab Globe and Mail: White House cites ‘deep concerns' about WHO COVID-19 report, demands early data from China NPR.org: Coronavirus Was In U.S. Weeks Earlier Than Previously Known, Study Says ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

On Jan 15, 2021, MPP Roman Baber (York Centre) made public a letter to his boss, Premier of Ontario Doug Ford just as Ontario was at the height of its second wave of Covid-19 cases and announced its second Provincial Emergency. Roman Baber is a member Doug Ford's progressive conservatives and argued in his letter for the exact opposite approach: end lockdown. He was fired from his party as a result, and now sits in Queen's Park as an independent. In this episode we explore why he wrote the letter, the politics of opposing your own party and the fallout. We also go into why he believes a lockdown is doing more harm than good. NOTE: Lockdown Toronto is a show that explores aspects of our collective experience in lockdown during the pandemic. It has always been a show that elevates nuance over absolutes. It is not about validating one viewpoint over another but providing a space for conversations happening around the policies and effects of lockdown in Toronto. Cited in this cast: MPP Roman Baber's Letter: https://twitter.com/Roman_Baber/status/1350039239090601984 Government of Ontario's Fact Sheet issued in response to Roman Baber's letter. https://www.scribd.com/document/490849502/Government-s-fact-sheet MPP Roman Baber's Petition https://www.romanbaber.ca ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network and powered by P6 Media Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Floyd Marinescu is the co-founder of InfoQ and QCon - a conference on software innovation and also the CEO and activist for UBI Works Canada, an organization that encourages the support of a universal basic income (UBI) Canada. We discuss the need for UBI, the criticisms of it, the effect of automation on Canadian jobs, and why the time is now to implement UBI during a pandemic and economic crisis. Cited in this cast: CEOs Case For Basic Income https://CEOsForBasicIncome.ca/ Motion 46 on UBI in Canada, 43rd Parliament https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/leah-gazan(87121)/motions/10852236 Recovery UBI https://www.ubiworks.ca/recovery UBI Works https://www.ubiworks.ca UBI Works Twitter https://twitter.com/ubi_works Floyd Marinescu on Twitter https://twitter.com/floydmarinescu ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Aengus Bridgman is a Political Scientist and PHD Candidate at McGill University, a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship and works with the Media Ecosystem Observatory. Aengus is also the co-author of the study "The causes and consequences of COVID-19 misperceptions: understanding the role of news and social media" and joins Lockdown Toronto to discuss its findings and futher implications and ideas regarding coronavirus, conspiracy theory in a larger context, data sharing, and the role of social media companies and governments in regulating misinformation. It is an incredibly interesting discussion. Enjoy. Aengus Bridgman can be reached at: https://abridgman.ca/ https://twitter.com/aengusbridgman Media Ecosystem Observatory https://mediaecosystemobservatory.com/ Cited in this cast: STUDY: The causes and consequences of COVID-19 misperceptions: understanding the role of news and social media CBC: COVID-19 conspiracy theories creating a 'public health crisis' in Canada, experts say CBC: When it comes to COVID-19 misinformation, even some health-care workers fall prey, study finds ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Brian Tao is a professional photographer and amateur documentarian of the anti-mask movement in Toronto. His videos depicting some of the anti-mask rallies have gone viral and we spend this episode discussing them, the anti-mask movement, the motivations of its participants and other forces at play. Cited in this show: Brian Tao's Youtube Page https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianTao/videos $#!+ Covidiots Say Video Series Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax0ZWF30Wow Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5kgNM_Fr4s Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TInQ0CpSY6A "Ontario Civil Liberties Association" http://ocla.ca/ Letitia Montana at CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-hospital-masks-refusal-1.5639057 Brian Tao Coverage at the Toronto Sun https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/my-iq-is-195-video-of-karen-at-toronto-anti-mask-protest-goes-viral Dunning–Kruger effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Joe Killoran associate lawyer at Jensen Law in Kamloops British Columbia, practising criminal defense, and writes frequently for many publications including the Sun, the Star, Ottawa Citizen, Huffington Post and more with a focus on law, politics, social justice and constitutional rights. In this episode we discuss how lock down has affected the criminal justice system, how the Courts have unilateral decision making powers over their operations, how many accused and convicted are languishing in intolerable conditions simply because of the timing of the pandemic, the concept of prison abolitionism, the lack of supports and recidivism and how reform is necessary at all levels. Cited in this cast: Contact Joe Killoran directly at: jrkm79@hotmail.com Professionally: https://www.jensenlaw.ca/our-team/joe-killoran/ Vancouver Sun: Joe Killoran: Police and Crown counsels must avoid detaining people for petty crimes whenever possible during pandemic https://vancouversun.com/opinion/joe-killoran-police-and-prosecutors-must-avoid-detaining-people-for-petty-crimes-whenever-possible-during-pandemic The TYEE: Bars Are Open. Why Aren't BC's Courts? https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/06/09/Bars-Open-Courts-Remain-Closed/ Joe Killoran At The Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/author/joe-killoran/ Lockdown Toronto Ep.02 - Dr. Warren Wang – Taiwan to Toronto; what doing it right looks like https://pod6ix.com/lockdown-toronto-ep-02-dr-warren-wang-taiwan-to-toronto-what-doing-it-right-looks-like/ ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Density is not to blame; Defund Police & PLAN-demic Part II with Matt Elliott Matt Elliott is a Toronto-based freelance contributing columnist for the Toronto Star, also writes for CBC Toronto, and is the author of City Hall Watcher, an independent City Hall newsletter. You can follow him on twitter @graphicmatt In this episode we go over the ideas around Defunding the police, the effects the lockdown and the pandemic is having on the future of the city, debunk the idea that density is a multiplier variable for Covid-19 (it's poverty) discuss developer exploitation, sidewalk labs, the fate of the financial district, and much more. We go deep and it's interesting! Cited in this cast Subscribe to Matt Elliott's City Hall Watcher Newsletter https://graphicmatt.substack.com/ Matt Elliott on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GraphicMatt Toronto Star: Matt Elliott's Column COVID-19 hot spots shouldn't make us rethink cities. They should make us rethink poverty https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/06/02/covid-19-hot-spots-shouldnt-make-us-rethink-cities-they-should-make-us-rethink-poverty.html Globe & Mail: Ontario issues special orders to approve developers' plans and quash opposition https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-ontario-issues-special-orders-to-approve-developers-plans-and-quash/ Toronto Star: With investors shying away from condos, developers are marketing to end users https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/06/09/condo-seller-changes-tactics-to-attract-live-in-buyers-rather-than-investors.html Toronto Public Health: COVID-19: Status of Cases in Toronto https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/covid-19-status-of-cases-in-toronto/ HuffPost: Rich Torontonians Eyeing An Exodus From City After Pandemic: Agency https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/toronto-real-estate-pandemic_ca_5ece8c2cc5b68bd699260325 ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, FB pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Police mafia tactics? Defund the police? What is going on? Toronto City Councillor Shelley Carroll, Ward 17 Don Valley North joins Lockdown Toronto to discuss the challenges of democratic process in the time of lockdown, including developers gaming the crisis to their advantage, technical limitations, and public engagement. Councillor Carroll was also a long-time member of the Police Services Board and oversaw their budgeting and speaks to the concept and different models of what 'defunding police' looks like. She also discussed the nature of Toronto Police, how they have targeted her and her family in the past, necessary reforms, the outgoing Police Chief, and other Police Politics. The "Camden Model" of defunding police examined in this show: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/happened-camden-started-rethinking-policing-build-trust Cited in this show is the "density done right" report which is worth a read on that subject: https://www.citybuildinginstitute.ca/portfolio/density-done-right/ It is a fascinating show and worth a listen. You can reach Councillor Carroll at one of the links below. https://twitter.com/shelleycarroll https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-ward-17/ ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, facebook pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Richard White is a Toronto historian and regular lecturer in Canadian History at the University of Toronto. He is also the author of the book, "Planning Toronto" which is a historical analysis of the city's planning and how it contributed to Toronto becoming a functional, world-class city. Richard and I touch on the impact public health has had on urban planning practises and attitudes in the past, what is happening in the present and what kind of urban planning changes may transpire in a post-pandemic Toronto. Some sources discussed in this conversation: Covid-19 Cases neighbourhood by neighbourhood in Toronto (heatmap) https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-latest-city-of-toronto-news/covid-19-status-of-cases-in-toronto/ Huffington Post: "Rich Torontonians Eyeing An Exodus From City After Pandemic: Agency" https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/toronto-real-estate-pandemic_ca_5ece8c2cc5b68bd699260325 Globe and Mail: "Will cities stay healthy, or will the coronavirus mean the end of density?" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-will-cities-stay-healthy-or-will-the-coronavirus-mean-the-end-of/ City News: City council approves 40 km expansion of Toronto's cycling network https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/05/28/city-council-approves-40-km-expansion-of-torontos-cycling-network/ City News: "New bill could open Greenbelt to development, critics say" https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/12/07/ontario-greenbelt-development/ UofT News: "Urban density and disease" https://www.utoronto.ca/news/urban-density-and-disease-u-t-historian-whether-covid-19-will-influence-city-planning Lockdown Toronto Ep.04 Chris Hudspeth on the fate of Toronto's Hospitality Industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbNKFjRKaWA Richard White's Blog on Urban Planning History https://torontoplanninghistorian.com/ ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, facebook pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Should we immediately build 100KM of cycling infrastructure in Toronto? Janet Joy Wilson and her group organized over 50 groups and organizations to petition the city of Toronto to build 100KM of new cycling infrastructure in the City. Many Cities are rethinking the urban landscape and her group asked the City to take the opportunity and build alternative transportation corridors on our roads to allow cycling and other "last mile" vehicles. That could help establish a safer, healthier alternative to our traditional public transit network in this time of social distancing. We discuss what that is about and what it could look like for Toronto. You can sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-john-tory-build-bike-lanes-on-bloor-danforth-yonge-now/u/26683301 You can reach Janet Joy Wilson here: https://twitter.com/jsquaredink https://www.instagram.com/jsquaredink https://janetjoywilson.ca/ You can read the letter the coalition penned here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d5Ine3-Zehb4qe2zm5y6luOk6bZlXxr4/view ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, facebook pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss

Are $$ billion and $$$ trillion dollar investment firms gearing up to seize housing in this crisis? Geordie Dent is the Executive Director of the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) which is the foremost group representing tenant rights in Toronto. In this incredibly interesting discussion we touch on the unique precariousness that tenants are facing due to this crisis, and the looming eviction crisis coming to Toronto. Additionally, we discuss entities like the future of Airbnb and the fact that billion/trillion dollar investment funds are seeking to pick up whatever excess housing supply that may come on line in Toronto due to this crisis as a way to park money, and in many cases never rent them out. These entities are evidently informing government policy on housing in our City. + much more! To know more about your rights, evictions, dealing with shady and unsafe landlord behaviour, contact the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) at Hotline Number: 416-921-9494 Organizational Inquiries: 416-646-1772 https://www.torontotenants.org/contact ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, facebook pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss ==== For feedback or comments, email info@pod6ix.com If you are interested in joining the Pod6ix Network as a guest on one of the shows, or would like to help, or pitch a show. Get in touch, info@pod6ix.com.

Christopher Hudspeth is the owner and operator of Pegasus on Church and the Chair of The Village Business Improvement Area, and a letter posted to Facebook last week went viral getting picked up by many media outlets on the inadequate government assistance provided to small businesses who cannot bear to weather the storm of the current lock down alone. Christopher walks us through the current programs, the harm of delivery apps, and a future Toronto where big-bog retail and restaurants are all that's left. If you're looking to help encourage the government to fix this, Christopher suggests that you please add your name to the petitions below. https://www.kristynwongtam.ca/savesmallbusinesses https://www.ontariondp.ca/support-small-business https://savesmallbusiness.ca/ To get in touch with Christopher: https://www.facebook.com/pegasusonchurch/ christopher@churchwelleslyvillage.ca ==== Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Like and subscribe to our youtube, facebook pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss ==== For feedback or comments, email info@pod6ix.com If you are interested in joining the Pod6ix Network as a guest on one of the shows, or would like to help, or pitch a show. Get in touch, info@pod6ix.com.

In 1938 when the cloud of WWII was looming close Great Britain was questioning the funding of the arts, Winston Churchill remarked: “The arts are essential to any complete national life. The State owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them…. Ill fares the society which fails to salute the arts with the reverence and delight which are their due.” Emily May Rose is an award-winning artist and illustrator based in Toronto and she joins the cast in this episode to speak to the fate of Toronto's Art Scene during and after the lock down. Her work has reached the corner of four continents and she is an owner of the Northern Contemporary Gallery in Parkdale. She's also a jurist for the City's Patch Project and works closely with the StreetArt Toronto program which helps beautify our city. The urban environment is heavily featured in her work and you may have seen her trademark stuff given it heavily features raccoons getting into all sorts of trouble. During the show we spoke about various support initiatives that viewers can get involved with. They are linked below. If you have the means to contribute, please do. https://www.creativereliefcollective.com/ https://torontoartsfoundation.org/toartistresponse https://torontoartsfoundation.org/media/toartist-covid-response-fund ==== Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lock down in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Like and subscribe to our youtube, facebook pages and for audio only, search "Lockdown Toronto" on whatever podcast platform you use or click on the RSS link below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pod6ix/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98sLrMbNCipoCWtlneJlaQ Audio-Only Podcast Subscribe https://anchor.fm/s/1fb3d778/podcast/rss ==== For feedback or comments, email info@pod6ix.com If you are interested in joining the Pod6ix Network as a guest on one of the shows, or would like to help, or pitch a show. Get in touch, info@pod6ix.com.

Lockdown Toronto brings in Tiawanese Doctor, Warren Wei-Jen Wang, M.D. to speak about the early days of the pandemic in Taiwan. Dr. Warren Wei-Jen Wang is an emergency medical specialist who has a primary care practise in Taiwan. He is a Member of the Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine, a Member of the Taiwan Medical Association as well as running Taiwan's Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu Academy. He also divides his time between Taiwan and California where his children are currently studying. Dr. Wang was on the ground in the earliest days of the pandemic when he and his colleagues noticed an a-typical flu like symptoms in their clinics as early as November. The unknown nature of this disease and unidentifiable nature of it in November means international spread may have ocurred much earlier than previously understood. Dr. Wang helps us understand what 'doing it right' looks like. SARS, MERS, Swine Flu all hit Taiwan often and thus they had a robust 124 point plan on the shelf ready to go when the Covid pandemic hit. As a result, Taiwan has had only a few hundred cases, and only 6 deaths in a dense population of 24 million people. No lockdown or economic shutdown, and no intensely draconian containment measures. Taiwan has enjoyed multiple days of no new cases and continues to be an open and active society and economy because of their success in tackling this early, and systemically. === Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series that focuses on the experience of living under lockdown in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. For feedback or comments, email info@pod6ix.com If you are interested in joining the Pod6ix Network as a guest on one of the shows, or would like to help, or pitch a show. Get in touch, info@pod6ix.com.

Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Tom Rakocevic (NDP - Humber River—Black Creek) joins Lockdown Toronto for our first vodcast to give us some insight on the current crisis in Toronto and Ontario, and the perspective from Queen's Park as well as his community. We talk about the onset of the pandemic, the NDP's mainstreet plan, a proposed 50% reduction of auto insurance, the vulnerable demographics in Toronto who are uniquely affected by this crisis and more. Launched in April 2020, Lockdown Toronto is a new vodcast/podcast series hosted by Robert Andreacchi that focuses on the experience of living under lockdown in Toronto. Lockdown Toronto will feature various guests from the medical, political, cultural, and business community, and everyone in-between. Proudly part of the Pod6ix network. ==== For feedback or comments, email info@pod6ix.com If you are interested in joining the Pod6ix Network as a guest on one of the shows, or would like to help, or pitch a show. Get in touch, info@pod6ix.com. ==== How you can help others with time or resouces. Volunteer opportunities via Volunteer Canada https://volunteer.ca/index.php?MenuItemID=420 Volunteer opportunites via the City's DonateTO https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-how-you-can-help/covid-19-donateto/ Volunteer opportunities in the province via Spark Ontario https://www.sparkontario.ca/covid19 Volunteer opportunities via Volunteer Toronto https://www.volunteertoronto.ca/news/492848/COVID-19-Response-Update-Ongoing.htm