by Craig Takeuchi on February 26th, 2021 at 1:00 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
A U.S. epidemiologist has stirred controversy for calling British Columbia the “Florida of Canada” based upon how the province is currently handling COVID-19 issues in schools.
Eric Feigl-Ding, who is a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists and based in Washington, D.C., and Virginia, first took aim at Quebec’s mask policy for schools.
He then deemed B.C. comparable to Florida due to similar mask policies for schools.
When B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry was asked about the remark at the B.C. COVID-19 update yesterday (February 25), Henry said she was unfamiliar with the comment.
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