The Current for April 3, 2020
Today on The Current:
Non-medical frontline workers share how they're being affected by COVID-19, what supports they need — and what physical distancing means for them.
What's it like in Italy one month into lockdown? CBC's Megan Williams brings us the latest from Rome, and we hear from an ICU doctor on the frontlines of the battle against the coronavirus.
Looking for a way to find some calm and reduce stress as life is turned upside down? Research shows it could be as simple as listening to your favourite song. Adriana Barton explains how.
First Nations communities are bracing themselves for #COVID19, and trying different strategies to keep the virus out. From lockdowns, to curfews, to quarantines for returning travellers, we hear about what's being done.
Some would say that living through the #COVID19 pandemic is sort of like living in the early chapters of one of Daniel Kalla's novels. The ER doctor and novelist tells us how his fiction books are starting to look a lot more like reality.
Have you seen posts claiming that you can make an N95 mask out of a bra, or that gargling salt water will help prevent COVID-19? Don't believe them — they're baseless claims, says CBC fact checker Andrea Bellemare.
Reports suggest that the Chinese government has underreported the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in that country, but others say to point fingers at China this way is to feed into a conspiracy theory.
Science is a process of discovery, according to Deborah Blum. So if the information and advice around COVID- 19 seems to be changing, that doesn't mean scientists are making mistakes — they're figuring it out.
q host Tom Power speaks to Liza Lou, an artist that's encouraging people to join her in weaving quilts out of household materials while live-streaming the process.
