2020 was a year for the history books, with the world having to make adjustments as COVID-19 gripped almost every area of our lives. 2020 was a year that saw it’s deadliest global pandemic since the Spanish Influenza of 1918. However, as we embark on the dawn of a bright new year with hope and possibilities, two vaccines being rolled out in America and several more in late-stage clinical trials- 2021 is looking a bit brighter.
This doesn’t mean we don’t have questions- and a lot of them. How is the world going to look in the future? What are our biggest hurdles to come? Is humanity as we know it changed forever? When will I be able to hug grandma again?
As a trusted health and fitness resource committed to providing unbiased and science-backed facts to our readers, we decided to ask the experts and brilliant minds who have devoted their lives to research in virology and epidemiology some of these burning questions.
André Picard is a health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail, where he has been a staff writer since 1987. He is also the author of five bestselling books.
André is an eight-time nominee for the National Newspaper Awards, Canada’s top journalism prize, and past winner of prestigious Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism. He was named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” by the Canadian Public Health Association, as a “Champion of Mental Health” by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his dedication to improving healthcare.
André is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and has received honorary doctorates from six universities, including UBC and the University of Toronto.
HFR founder Samir Becic asked accomplished Health Journalist André Picard some important questions in this exclusive interview:
