Lockdowns Are ‘Not Supported by Strong Science': Ontario’s Former Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Richard Schabas, medical officer of health for Hastings and Prince Edward County, speaks to media at Quinte Health Care hospital in Belleville, Ont., on, Oct. 13, 2014. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press

Ontario’s former chief medical officer criticized the province’s lockdown measures in an open letter sent to Premier Doug Ford on Monday.

“Our well-intentioned but misguided efforts to control Covid are only compounding the tragedy,” Dr. Richard Schabas wrote. “We need to change course.”