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What could a COVID-19 second wave look like? And how do we respond socially and economically?

A second wave of COVID-19 could be devastating for the economy already reeling under deficits. In today’s episode, Dr. Steven Hoffman, a professor of legal epidemoliogy, global health, law and political science at York, breaks down that potential scenario and what we need to learn now, to be prepared for the future.

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Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company’s lab, in Surrey, B.C.


As provinces across Canada are entering final stages of reopening and relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, public health officials are warning this isn’t over. A second wave is inevitable and could be more devastating.

Experts at the University of Toronto say it could be devastating for the economy already reeling under deficits, and helping Canadians and Canadian businesses already struggling under the first wave of a deadly virus.

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