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>> Adrienne: GOOD EVENING.
I'M ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
TONIGHT, HELP FOR FARMERS 
BATTERED BY COVID. 
>> WE WERE INSULTED. 
>> Adrienne: BUT SOME SAY IT'S 
NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO GET FOOD ON
YOUR TABLE.
>> Andrew: I'M ANDREW CHANG.
WAS COVID CIRCULATING THE GLOBE 
BEFORE WE REALIZED. 
>> THIS GIVES US A WHOLE NEW 
OUTLOOK ON EVERYTHING.
>> Andrew: WHY THE SEARCH FOR 
PATIENT ZERO COULD HELP IN THE 
SEARCH FOR A VACCINE.
>>> PLUS, THE JUMP IN ACCIDENTAL
POISONINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
>> I'M 19 YEARS OLD.
I'M A HEALTHY GUY.
I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT POINT IF I
WAS GOING TO COME OUT OF I.C.U. 
>> I MAY NOT MAKE IT OUT OF 
THIS. 
>> Adrienne: THEY FOUGHT COVID 
AND WON.
FROM THE I.C.U. TO RECOVERY, 
SURVIVORS TELL THEIR STORY.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Adrienne: THE COVID-19 
PANDEMIC IN CANADA IS SLOWING 
DOWN.
THAT FROM CANADA'S CHIEF PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICER TODAY, BUT THE 
PANIC FROM THE OUTBREAK DID NOT.
>> Andrew: WITH SO MANY 
RESTAURANTS SHUTTERED, FOODS ARE
AT RISK OF BEING DUMPED, AGAIN, 
LEAVING SOME FARMERS IN THE 
LURCH.
SO TODAY, SOME HELP FROM THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR AID 
PACKAGE, BUT THAT MONEY, JUST A 
FRACTION OF WHAT THE AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.
CAMERON MCINTOSH HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITHOUT THE 
PANDEMIC, THIS FARMER WAS 
EXPECTING A ROUGH YEAR.
A TOUGH YEAR FOR SEEDING.
PRICES FOR HIS CORN WAS ALREADY 
DOWN.
AS FOR HIS HOGS, HE'S NOT EVEN 
STOCKING HIS BARNS.
HE SAID WHAT HE'S HEARING IS 
BAND-AID SOLUTIONS FOR FARMERS. 
>> THEY NEED TO STAY IN BUSINESS
TO KEEP FEEDING THE COUNTRY 
FORWARD.
>> Reporter: IN WHAT IT'S 
CALLING A FIRST STEP, THE 
GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING UP $252 
MILLION, WITH $125 MILLION FOR 
FEEDING LIVESTOCK, 77 MILLION 
FOR FACTORIES, 50 MILLION TO BUY
SURPLUS FOOD THAT WOULD NORMALLY
GO TO RESTAURANTS, DIVERTING IT 
TO FOOD BANKS.
DAIRY FARMERS WOULD ALSO GET A 
$200 MILLION LINE OF CREDIT.
>> WE WERE A LITTLE BIT INSULTED
THIS MORNING.
>> Reporter: THESE PRODUCERS SAY
THIS WILL HELP FEED CATTLE A 
LITTLE LONGER BUT WON'T COVER 
MOUNTING LOSSES.
>> THIS MONEY WAS USED UP ABOUT 
A MONTH AGO.
THERE'S NO CONCEPT OF WHAT'S 
ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: OVERALL, THE 
AGRICULTURE SECTOR SAYS IT NEEDS
ABOUT $2.6 BILLION. 
>> IT'S LIKE WE HAVE A BURNING 
BUILDING, AND THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN US A BUCKET
OF WATER.
>> Reporter: FARMING IS RISKY IN
THE BEST YEARS.
WITH THE SPRING PLANTING SEASON 
JUST GETTING UNDERWAY, THERE ARE
PLENTY OF PRODUCERS LEFT OUT OF 
THIS.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS MORE HELP 
WILL BE COMING.
CAMERON MCINTOSH, CBC NEWS, 
MANITOBA.
>> Andrew: ALBERTA IS DEALING 
WITH A THIRD OUTBREAK AT A MEAT 
PROCESSING PLANT, AND THERE ARE 
CALLS TO SHUT IT DOWN. 
>> WE HAVE TO GIVE FOLKS TO -- 
TIME TO GO THROUGH THE 
INCUBATION PERIOD SO THEY'RE NOT
INFECTIOUS WHEN THEY COME BACK 
TO THE WORK SITE. 
>> Andrew: THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S
PUT MEASURES IN PLACE TO HELP 
STOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, 
INCLUDING FACE MASKS AND 
TEMPERATURE CHECKS.
>> Adrienne: SOME AMAZON WORKERS
ARE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THEIR 
JOBS IF THEY SPEAK OUT.
JACQUELINE HANSEN HAS MORE. 
>> Reporter: COVID-19 IS THE 
BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE'VE HAD TO 
FACE.
THE PRESSURE IS ONTO SHIP 
PACKAGES SAFELY.
AMAZON SAYS IT'S PROVIDING MASKS
FOR EMPLOYEES, TAKING 
TEMPERATURE CHECKS, SANITIZING 
REGULARLY, AND OBSERVING 
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, BUT SOME 
WORKERS SAY THEY'RE STILL 
SCARED.
FEARS THAT HAVE COME TRUE AT A 
WAREHOUSE IN CALGARY.
ONE EMPLOYEE TOLD US IT'S STILL 
SPEED OVER SAFETY. 
>> YOU GO TO AN AISLE, AND THERE
MIGHT BE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THERE,
AND IF YOU WAIT, THAT'S 
CONSIDERED PUNISHABLE BECAUSE 
YOU'RE ACCUMULATING TIME THAT'S 
OFF TASK TECHNICALLY, AND THEY 
TRACK THAT.
>> Reporter: WE'RE PROTECTING 
THE WORKER'S IDENTITY BECAUSE 
THEY FEAR THEY COULD BE FIRED.
TWO AMAZON EMPLOYEES IN THE U.S.
SAY THAT HAPPENED TO THEM. 
>> WHEN WORKERS AREN'T ABLE TO 
SPEAK OUT, IT'S A DISASTER. 
>> Reporter: EMILY CUNNINGHAM 
WAS ONE OF TWO TECH WORKERS 
FIRED LAST MONTH BECAUSE SHE 
SAYS AFTER BEING OUTSPOKEN ON 
OTHER ISSUES, SHE HELPED 
ORGANIZE A PANEL OF WORRIED 
WAREHOUSE WORKERS, BUT THE 
COMPANY DENIES SHE WAS FIRED 
OVER ACTIVISM.
THEY SAY, WE SUPPORT EVERY 
EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO CRITICIZE 
WORKING CONDITIONS.
BUT A CANADIAN EMPLOYEE SIDED 
WITH CUNNINGHAM. 
>> I WAS INCREDIBLY MOVED THAT 
SOMEONE SO HIGH UP AT THE 
COMPANY WOULD ACT WITH SUCH 
INTEGRITY.
>> Reporter: THE CANADIAN 
EMPLOYEE WE SPOKE WITH SAID THEY
AREN'T COMFORTABLE SHARING THEIR
CONCERNS WITH MANAGEMENT. 
>> YOU KIND OF START FEELING 
THERE'S A TARGET ON YOUR BACK IF
YOU SPEAK OUT. 
>> Reporter: AND AS UNEMPLOYMENT
ELSEWHERE SKY ROCKETS, RISKING A
STABLE PAYCHECK ELSEWHERE ISN'T 
AN OPTION.
JACQUELINE HANSEN, CBC NEWS, 
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: AND WHETHER IT'S 
THROUGH AMAZON OR THE LOCAL 
DRUGSTORE, MANY CANADIANS ARE 
FINDING IT TOUGH TO FIND MASKS.
>> THIS IS OUR IMPROVISED 
WORKSHOP.
>> Reporter: MARY ANN FERNANDEZ 
AND HER FAMILY SPEND THE WHOLE 
DAY MAKING MASKS, A BUSINESS 
THEY NEVER IMAGINED. 
>> THIS WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD,
YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT WE CARE, 
SHOW THAT WE ARE TOGETHER IN 
THIS.
>> Reporter: IT ALL STARTED WHEN
FERNANDEZ' HUSBAND, A 
CONTRACTOR, HAD A HARD TIME 
FINDING A MASK FOR WORK. 
>> IT'S MOSTLY FOR PROTECTION WE
STARTED DOING THIS.
OUT OF FEAR COMES SOMETHING 
GOOD.
>> Reporter: AFTER FEDERAL 
ADVICE ON MASKS SHIFTED, 
AUTHORITIES NOW SAYING THEY CAN 
HELP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, 
MASKS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY 
UBIQIT
UBIQITUOUS, BUT AS MORE 
BUSINESSES INCLUDING AIRLINES 
REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO WEAR THEM, 
MASKS, ALREADY SCARCE ON THE 
SHELVES, ARE BECOMING AN 
EVERMORE PRECIOUS COMMODITY.
WE TRIED SEVERAL WAREHOUSES, AND
EACH TIME -- YOU'RE ALL SOLD 
OUT?
OKAY.
BIG-TIME MANUFACTURERS ARE 
STEPPING UP, LIKE HARRY ROSEN, 
DONATING A MASK FOR EVERY ONE 
PURCHASED.
REMEMBER, WARNS SOME DOCTORS, 
MASKS ALONE WILL NOT STOP THE 
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. 
>> THESE ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE 
FOR PHYSICAL DISTANCING MEASURES
AND HAND HYGIENE, AND PEOPLE 
SHOULD NOT GET TOO COMFORTABLE 
AND TOO CAVALIER JUST BECAUSE 
THEY HAVE A MASK ON.
>> Reporter: FOR FERNANDEZ AND 
HER FAMILY, THIS IS MASK 
BUSINESS ISN'T JUST -- THEIR 
MASK BUSINESS ISN'T JUST ABOUT 
HELPING THEMSELVES, IT'S ABOUT 
HELPING OTHERS.
>> WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TO 
PROTECT THE COMMUNITY, TO GIVE 
BACK. 
>> Reporter:MAWRMAWR -- ELLEN 
MAURO, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Adrienne: WE'RE ALL HELPING 
TO FLATTEN THE SPREAD, SO LET'S 
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING.
THE NUMBER OF CASES PEAKED TWO 
DAYS AT 2700, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE
QUEBEC ADDED 1300 MISSED CASES 
FROM APRIL.
STILL, WELL OVER HALF OF TODAY'S
NEW CASES ARE COME INTERESTIING FROM THAT 
PROVINCE, AND QUEBEC IS TALKING 
ABOUT LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS 
FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
TODAY, IT ANNOUNCED LOOSENING 
RESTRICTIONS FOR PEOPLE LIVING 
IN SENIORS' HOMES.
>> Reporter: A NEW SENSE OF 
FREEDOM AFTER WEEKS OF 
RESTRICTION.
THESE SENIORS CAN FINALLY TAKE A
WALK UNATTENDED.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE'S MISSED
GOING OUT ON HIS OWN, EVEN JUST 
TO THE GROCERY STORE.
RESIDENTS AT PROVIDE SENIORS 
HOMES ARE -- PRIVATE SENIORS 
HOMES ARE MORE AUTONOMOUS IN 
LONG-TERM CARE. 
>> AS LONG AS YOU CAN HAVE A 
LITTLE FREEDOM. 
>> Reporter: FOR MANY OF THEM, 
IT'S BEEN HARD. 
>> IT'S LONELY, BUT YOU'RE BY 
YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?
YOU CAN'T MINGLE, YOU CAN'T 
SEE -- YOU SEE PEOPLE IN THE 
HALLWAY OCCASIONALLY.
>> Reporter: NOW, THE GOVERNMENT
SAYS IT'S EASING RESTRICTIONS IN
HOMES WITH NO CASES OF COVID-19,
LETTING RESIDENTS FOR FOR WALKS 
AND SEE FAMILY OUTSIDE IF THEY 
OBSERVE PHYSICAL DISTANCING, 
WEAR A MASK, AND WASH THEIR 
HANDS.
THE PROVINCE SAYS IT'S ABOUT 
FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN THE 
RISK OF PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND THE
WEIGHT OF MENTAL DISTRESS. 
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO EVEN STOP 
TO EAT, THEY WANT TO DIE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT 
SITUATION.
THERE IS TWO SIDES THAT HAPPEN, 
SO I THINK THIS IS WORSE, I 
THINK, THAN LETTING PEOPLE GO A 
LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE.
>> Reporter: SOME HOMEOWNERS SAY
THE CHANGE WILL BE GOOD FOR 
RESIDENTS, BUT OTHERS WORRY IT 
WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO THE VIRUS.
>> IF THEY GO OUTSIDE 
UNSUPERVISED, THEY WILL GO TO 
THE GROCERY STORE, AND THEY WILL
WANT TO SEE THEIR FAMILIES AND 
HUG AND KISS BECAUSE THEY'RE 
USED TO DOING THAT, AND THEY 
WILL PUT THEIR HEALTH AT RISK. 
>> Reporter: YAMPOLSKI, WHO HAS 
ONLY BEEN ABLE TO WALK IN HER 
COURTYARD UNTIL NOW, HOPES MORE 
RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED SOON SO 
THEY CAN SPEND TIME WITH HER 
NEIGHBOURS.
ALLISON NORTHCOTT, CBC NEWS, 
ONTARIO.
>> Andrew: NOW IN ONTARIO, ONE 
IN SIX VICTIMS ARE HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS, INCLUDING LONG-TERM 
CARE HOMES.
TODAY, THEIR UNION HELD PROTESTS
TO MARK THE DEATHS OF THREE 
PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS.
IT WANTS A PUBLIC ENQUIRY INTO 
ALL DEATHS IN THOSE HOMES, AND 
IT WANTS THE POLICE TO 
INVESTIGATE FOR POSSIBLE 
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE WHERE STAFF 
HAVE DIED.
>>> ON A MORE UPLIFTING NOTES, 
ONE OF B.C.s FIRST AND WORST 
OUTBREAKS HAS BEEN DECLARED 
OVER, MEANING NO INFECTIOUS 
CASES FOR ALMOST A FULL MONTH.
NOW SINCE IT BEGAN ON MARCH 6, 
THE LYNN VALLEY CARE CENTRE 
REPORT
REPORTED 40 RESIDENTS AND STAFF,
AND 20 PEOPLE DIED.
>> Adrienne: THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION IS ASKING COUNTRIES
TO GO BACK AND TEST SUSPICIOUS 
CASES.
BRIER STEWART NOW ON WHAT THAT 
COULD MEAN FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST
THE VIRUS.
>> Reporter: WHEN THIS 
43-YEAR-OLD WAS ADMITTED TO 
HOSPITAL IN FRANCE IN DECEMBER, 
HE HAD A FEVER AND A COUGH.
DOCTORS SAY HE HAD SOME KIND OF 
VIRAL PNEUMONIA THAT THEY 
COULDN'T PINPOINT.
THAT WAS UNTIL THEY RECENTLY 
RETESTED ONE OF HIS SWABS.
IT WAS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
THAT MEANS FRANCE HAD ITS FIRST 
CASE DECEMBER 27, FIVE DAYS 
BEFORE CHINA REPORTED CASES IN 
WUHAN TO THE W.H.O., AND ONE 
MONTH BEFORE CASES STARTED 
OFFICIALLY POPPING UP IN EUROPE.
>> SO THIS GIVES US A WHOLE NEW 
PICTURE ON EVERYTHING, AND YES, 
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF ALL 
COUNTRIES WHO HAVE UNSPECIFIED 
CASES IN THE RECENT MONTHS WOULD
CHECK THEM AGAIN FOR COVID-19. 
>> Reporter: SWEDEN ISN'T 
TESTING OLD SAMPLES, BUT ITS 
CHIEF EPIDEMIOLOGIST THINKS THE 
COUNTRY LIKELY HAD COVID-19 
CASES IN NOVEMBER.
IN CALIFORNIA, RECENT AUTOPSIES 
CONFIRMED TWO PEOPLE DIED FROM 
THE VIRUS WEEKS BEFORE THE VIRUS
WAS REPORTED IN THE U.S.
CANADA'S TOP DOCTOR SAYS THE 
PRIORITY HERE IS BLOOD TESTS, 
FIGURING OUT WHO WAS INFECTED 
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 
WHEN INFECTIONS STARTED 
EMERGING. 
>> THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GO BACK FURTHER IF NEEDED TO 
TEST SAMPLES.
WE HAVEN'T HAD, AS I KNOW IT, 
DISCUSSED THAT OF YET. 
>> VIRUSES ARE ELUSIVE.
THEY'RE TRICKY AND HARD TO PIN 
OUT. 
>> Reporter: THIS EPIDEMIOLOGIST
SAYS IN PLACES WITH LITTLE 
SPREAD, SUCH AS THE MARITIMES, 
TESTING OLD SAMPLES WOULD BE A 
GOOD IDEA. 
>> IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM TO 
GO BACK IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND 
TEST SAMPLES THAT THEY HAVE 
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE KNOWLEDGE 
FOR ALL OF US.
>> Reporter: AND NOT BECAUSE IT 
WOULD ZERO IN ON WHEN COVID-19 
ARRIVED HERE, BUT IT WOULD SHOW 
HOW THE VIRUS IS MUTATING, AND 
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO 
SCIENTISTS WORKING ON VACCINES.
BRIER STEWART, CBC NEWS, 
VANCOUVER.
>> Andrew: ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S PICK UP ON THIS WITH 
DR. ALLISON McGEER, AN 
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST.
DR. McGEER, WHY IS THAT 
IMPORTANT IN YOUR MIND?
>> WELL, I THINK THE KNOWLEDGE 
IT HAD ALREADY SPREAD BEFORE WE 
REALLY CLOSED BORDERS, AND IT'S 
REALLY A MARKER OF THE FACT THAT
IT -- IT'S PROBABLY POINTLESS TO
TALK ABOUT WE COULD HAVE MADE 
THIS GO AWAY IF WE ACTED SOON 
ENOUGH BECAUSE WHAT THIS IS 
TELLING US IS THE VIRUS IS OUT 
IN THE WORLD A MONTH BEFORE 
PROBABLY MOST OF US SUSPECTED IT
WAS.
IT HAD ALREADY STARTED SPREADING
IN LARGE AREAS OF THE WORLD AND 
JUST TAKES A LONG TIME FOR IT TO
BUILD UP.
SO I THINK WE UNDERESTIMATED HOW
LONG IT TOOK, AND THEN, I THINK 
WE THOUGHT WELL, IT DIDN'T 
ARRIVE UNTIL LATER IN FEBRUARY 
OR MARCH IN MOST PLACES, WHEN, 
IN FACT, IT HAD SPREAD -- 
SUBSTANTIALLY SPREAD AROUND THE 
WORLD SOMETIME LATE JANUARY.
>> Andrew: VERY INTERESTING.
OKAY, DR. McGEER, THANKS SO 
MUCH.
>>> AND THERE IS GROWING CONCERN
ABOUT ANOTHER SERIOUS VIRUS 
POSSIBLY LINKED TO COVID-19, ONE
THAT AFFECTS PRIMARILY CHILDREN.
HERE'S SUSAN ORMISTON WITH WHAT 
WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR. 
>> Reporter: IT'S ANOTHER 
MEDICAL MYSTERY.
WHY ARE CHILDREN GOING TO 
HOSPITAL WITH SYMPTOMS SIMILAR 
TO A RARE INFLAMMATORY 
CONDITION, KAWASAKI.
DOCTORS ARE INSTRUCTING PARENTS 
TO LOOK FOR SYMPTOMS: FEVER, 
SEVERE RASH, PAIN, DIARRHEA, OR 
VOMITING. 
>> WE WANT PARENTS, WHEN THEY 
SEE THESE SYMPTOMS, TO REACH OUT
TO THEIR DOCTORS EARLY.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS IN NEW YORK
HAVE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 15 
CASES.
DOCTORS IN PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON.
>> THANK GOD IN THIS SITUATION 
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CHILDREN WHO 
HAVE DIED FROM THE NUMBER OF 
CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN 
IDENTIFIED WITH KAWASAKI OR 
KAWASAKI-LIKE ILLNESS. 
>> Reporter: SO FAR, KIDS HAVE 
SEEMED MORE PROTECTIVE THAN 
CORONAVIRUS, BUT IN ITALY, 
FRANCE, AND THE U.K., EARLY 
CONCERNS FROM SEVERE 
INFLAMMATION IN CHILDREN. 
>> I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY 
PLAUSIBLE THAT THIS IS CAUSED BY
THE VIRUS, AT LEAST IN SOME 
CASES. 
>> Reporter: IN MONTREAL, 
DOCTORS ADMITTED 15 TO 20 KIDS 
WITH KAWASAKI-LIKE SYMPTOMS WHO 
THEY SUSPECT MAY BE COVID 
POSITIVE.
WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF 
MONTREAL, THEY HOPE TO ADD MORE 
DATA TO THE RESEARCH INTO KIDS 
AND CORONAVIRUS. 
>> YES, THERE IS LIKELY 
SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NOT THAT 
MANY IN THE TONNES OF PATIENTS 
THAT WE HAVE.
SOME PATIENTS TO GO TO THE 
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, YES.
SOME PATIENTS HAVE THE 
INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART, YES, 
BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ALL OF THEM
DID WELL. 
>> SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: DONALD TRUMP IS 
THINKING ABOUT WINDING DOWN THE 
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE.
SURPRISING, CONSIDERING THE 
SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT NOW HAS A THIRD OF THE 
WORLD'S CASELOAD.
MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION AMERICANS 
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO HAVE 
COVID-19.
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS HAS PASSED 
70,000, AND AS PAUL HUNTER SHOWS
US, NEW PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT'S 
NOT SLOWING DOWN.
>> Reporter: AS AMERICA REOPENS,
AN UNDENIABLE REMINDER OF THE 
STAKES: REFRIGERATOR TRUCKED 
LINED UP TO DELIVER THE DEAD.
THE NEW PROJECTIONS ARE DOUBLE 
THE CURRENT NUMBER OF CASES: 
130,000 BY AUGUST.
ONE REASON?
THE BUSINESSES NOW REOPEN.
THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE 
SPIRLISPIR
SPIRALLING U.S. ECONOMY.
WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, DONALD 
TRUMP TOOK A SYMBOLIC STEP AWAY 
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
TO ARIZONA, ONE OF THE STATES 
REOPENING, WHERE HE ALMOST SHOOK
HANDS, BUT CAUGHT HIMSELF.
TRUMP WAS IN PHOENIX IN PART TO 
TOUR A FACE MASK COMPANY WHERE 
HE ENCOURAGED THOSE MOVES TO 
REOPEN. 
>> President Donald Trump: WE 
CAN'T KEEP OUR COUNTRY CLOSED.
WE HAVE TO OPEN OUR COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: THIS AS WORD THE 
UNITED STATES WILL DISBAND ITS 
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE, LIKELY 
BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
TRUMP WAS ASKED, WITH THE VIRUS 
STILL RAMPANT, HOW IS THIS A 
GOOD TIME?
>> President Donald Trump: YOU 
COULD SAY THERE MIGHT BE A 
REOCCURRENCE, AND MOST DOCTORS 
OR SOME DOCTORS SAY IT WILL 
HAPPEN, AND IT'LL BE A FLAME, 
AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE FLAME
OUT.
>> Reporter: EARLIER, NEWS CAME 
OUT THAT TRUMP WOULD ALLOW 
ANTHONY FAUCI TO TESTIFY BEFORE 
A SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY 
REPUBLICANS, BUT HE WOULD NOT 
ALLOW HIM TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF
A HOUSE COMMITTEE.
WHY?
>> President Donald Trump: 
BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS A BUNCH OF 
TRUMP HATERS.
>> Reporter: PAUL HUNTER, CBC 
NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> Adrienne: 75 YEARS AGO 
TONIGHT, CANADIAN SOLDIERS 
LIBERATED THE NETHERLANDS FROM 
THE NAZIS. 
>> WE CAN STILL CARRY THAT TORCH
OF REMEMBRANCE. 
>> Adrienne: UP NEXT, HOW BOTH 
COUNTRIES FOUND WAYS TO 
COMMEMORATE THE DAY AMIDST THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> Andrew: PLUS, WHAT'S IT LIKE 
TO HAVE A SERIOUS CASE OF 
COVID-19.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING 
TO COME OUT OF I.C.U. 
>> Andrew: FRIGHTENING TALES 
FROM LONG-TERM 
>> Andrew: WELL, THE WORLD
SEEMS ON HOLD RIGHT NOW OVER
COVID-19.
CANADA IS STILL CAMPAIGNING FOR
THAT U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT
UP FOR GRABS IN JUNE.
AND AS SALIMAH SHIVJI TELLS US,
THE PANDEMIC IS NOW PLAYING A
ROLE IN THAT BID.
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>> Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE A
LIFETIME, BUT IT WAS REALLY ONLY
THREE MONTHS AGO THAT THIS IS
HOW CANADA WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR A
U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: PEOPLE LOOK TO CANADA
AS A TRUSTED PARTNER.
>> Reporter: LIKE MOST OTHER
THINGS THESE DAYS, THE PLEADING
FOR CRUCIAL VOTES IS NOW
VIRTUAL, THE NETWORKING ON ZOOM
ACTUALLY HAS ITS UPSIDES.
>> IT ALLOWS US TO REACH MORE
PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO VERY
FAR.
>> Reporter: AND CANADA IS
VERY MUCH LEANING INTO THE
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, TRYING TO
USE THE PANDEMIC TO SHOW THIS
COUNTRY THAT A G7 AND G20 MEMBER
CAN BRING ALLIES TOGETHER WHEN
OTHERS ARE FALTERING.
>> THE BEST CAMPAIGN IS THAT WE
DON'T NEED TO CAMPAIGN, IS JUST
WHEN WE SHOW BY OUR LEADERSHIP
THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF VOICE
THAT YOU WOULD WANT AT THE
SECURITY COUNCIL.
>> Reporter: NOTE THE RECENT
PUSH FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION TO
FUND VACCINE RESEARCH.
>> IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.
>> Reporter: THE PRIME
MINISTER WAS THERE, PROMISING
MONEY ALREADY ANNOUNCED.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THE GLOBAL CRISIS
REQUIRES A GLOBAL RESPONSE.
>> Reporter: RIGHT AFTER ONE
OF CANADA'S RIVALS FOR THE
ROTATING U.N. SEAT, NORWAY,
PLEDGED FAR MORE.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: CANADA IS STEPPING UP
TO DO ITS PART.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT'S
CANADA'S PERENNIAL PROBLEM -- IT
LAGS BEHIND OTHERS ON AID AND
PEACEKEEPING TOO.
WHERE CANADA IS DWARFED BY ITS
OTHER COMPETITOR -- IRELAND.
>> OUR FAILURE ON THAT FRONT IS
OUR MOST SERIOUS ACHILLES HEEL
IN SEEKING THE SEAT.
>> Reporter: MAKING IT MORE
COMPLEX, THE OPTICS OF
PROMISING RECOVERY AID ELSEWHERE
WHEN SO MANY CANADIANS ARE
STRUGGLING.
SO THE MESSAGE IS CAREFUL.
>> AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO
>> AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO
THE WORLD, BUT IT'S ALSO IN OUR
VERY, VERY SELFISH NATIONAL
INTEREST BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE
AROUND THAT TABLE YOU'RE MORE
INFLUENTIAL.
>> Reporter: THE AMBASSADOR IS
POPULAR AND MAY BE THE LIBERALS'
TRUMP CARD IN THE
BEHIND-THE-SCENES GAME BUT IF
CANADA LOSES IT WILL BE SEEN AS
A FAILURE FOR THIS LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT, EVEN IN THESE
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Andrew: AND AN APPARENT
MURDER/SUICIDE EAST OF EDMONTON
HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE
FAMILY MEMBERS.
>> I CAN CONFIRM THAT A MOTHER
AND DAUGHTER DIED AS A RESULT OF
HOMICIDE, AND THE MALE AS A
RESULT OF A SELF-INFLICTED
INJURY.
>> Andrew: FRIENDS AND FAMILY
CONFIRMED THAT GREG GARTNER AND
HIS WIFE WERE AMONG THE DEAD,
ALONG WITH THEIR 13-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.
THE COUPLE'S TEENAGED SON IS
SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE ONE WHO
CALLED POLICE YESTERDAY MORNING.
>>> LOVED ONES ARE REMEMBERING
SUB-LIEUTENANT MATTHEW PYKE, ONE
OF THE SIX CANADIAN FORCES
MEMBERS KILLED IN A HELICOPTER
CRASH.
IN A STATEMENT THROUGH A
SPOKESPERSON, FAMILY MEMBERS SAY
THAT THE 34-YEAR-OLD DIED DOING
WHAT HE WAS BORN TO DO.
>> HE FELL IN THE LINE OF DUTY
FOR HIS NATION, A FINALITY WHICH
DEEPLY ALIGNED WITH HIS ETHOS OF
HONOUR AND HELPING OTHERS BEFORE
SELF.
>> Andrew: PYKE IS MISSING AND
PRESUMED DEAD AFTER THAT CYCLONE
CHOPPER CRASHED OFF THE COAST OF
GREECE LAST WEEK.
>> Adrienne: THE PANDEMIC
ALMOST SIDELINED A MILESTONE IN
THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD
WAR, BUT NEVER THE DEEP BONDS
BETWEEN CANADA AND THE
NETHERLANDS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: ON THIS DAY WE
REMEMBER THE CANADIANS AND
NEWFOUNDLANDERS WHO LIBERATED
THE NETHERLANDS FROM THE TYRANNY
OF THE NAZIS.
>> Adrienne: IT WAS 75 YEARS
AGO THAT CANADIAN FORCES ROLLED
IN, LIBERATING A COUNTRY THAT
HAD ENDURED YEARS OF BRUTAL
OCCUPATION.
CEREMONIES TO MARK LIBERATION
DAY USUALLY DRAW THOUSANDS, BUT
THIS YEAR IT WAS ATTENDED ONLY
BY THE KING AND A FEW
DIGNITARIES.
[BELLS TOLLING]
IN OTTAWA THE PEACE TOWER RANG
WITH MUSIC FROM DUTCH COMPOSERS.
THE TULIP FESTIVAL WAS CANCELLED
BUT THE FLOWERS ARE STILL IN
BLOOM.
ERIN COLLINS NOW ON HOW THE
EFFORTS TO MARK CANADA'S
SACRIFICE HAVE MOVED ONLINE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A MOMENT
THAT FEW COULD FORGET, THE DUTCH
PEOPLE FREE FROM THE YOKE OF
NAZI OCCUPATION CHEERING ON
THEIR LIBERATORS.
BUT CANADA PAID A HIGH PRICE FOR
THE NETHERLAND'S FREEDOM --
THOUSANDS OF OUR SOLDIERS WERE
KILLED.
A SACRIFICE THAT THE DUTCH
HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN, BUT COVID-19
FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF MAJOR
EVENTS AT CEMETERIES ACROSS THE
NETHERLANDS TO MARK THE 75th
ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR LIBERATION.
REPLACED BY SMALL GROUPS PLACING
TULIPS AT GRAVESTONES.
THIS CANADIAN LIVING IN THE
NETHERLANDS WAS THERE.
SHE ALSO PREPARED A MUSEUM
EXHIBIT TO MARK THE DAY.
>> OF COURSE BECAUSE OF COVID,
THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED, BUT IT
WILL GO ONLINE AND THEN AS SOON
AS THE MUSEUM IS OPEN, PEOPLE
WILL BE ABLE TO GO AND VISIT.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT THE ONLY
ONLINE PROJECT COMMEMORATING THE
LIVES OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS.
THIS WEBSITE DOCUMENTS THE
PERSONAL STORIES OF CANADA'S
FALLEN.
MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT
THE WEBSITE TOGETHER WERE TO
MEET AT THE GROESBEEK CEMETERY
TODAY.
AND THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, WHICH
MAKES THEIR VIRTUAL
MEMORIAL EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
>> IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
OUR STORY VIRTUALLY, WHETHER
IT'S DURING THE COVID CRISIS OR
NOT.
>> Reporter: DONNA MAXWELL HAS
RESEARCHED HUNDREDS OF THE
CANADIANS BURIED IN THE
NETHERLANDS MANY FOR THE "FACES
TO GRAVE" PROJECT.
SHE WAS TO BE THE GUEST OF
HONOUR AT THEIR CEREMONY TODAY
AND NOW SHE'LL CONNECT ONLINE.
>> THERE'S A FEW AT THE
CEMETERIES THAT I'LL PROBABLY
TRY TO SKYPE SO THAT WE CAN
SHARE A FEW MOMENTS TOGETHER AND
I CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN
THEIR PROJECTS.
>> Reporter: KAREN HUNTER WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE
NETHERLANDS TOO.
SHE HAD PLANNED TO LEAD MORE
THAN 150 PEOPLE ON A MARCH THAT
FOLLOWED THE PATH THAT CANADIAN
TROOPS TOOK IN 1945.
NOW THAT JOURNEY HAS MOVED
ONLINE.
>> WE CAN STILL CARRY THAT TORCH
OF REMEMBRANCE FOR OUR VETERANS
AND WE CAN TRY TO HELP THE
DISAPPOINTMENT ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE OCEAN.
>> Reporter: THOSE COMMITTED
TO REMEMBERING CANADA'S FALLEN
SOLDIERS SAY THEY'LL BE BACK IN
THE NETHERLANDS ONCE THE BATTLE
TO DEFEAT COVID-19 IS OVER.
ERIN COLLINS, CBC NEWS, CALGARY.
(*)
>> Adrienne: A SECOND WORLD
WAR VET LIVING IN B.C. HAS FOUND
A WAY TO SERVE DURING THIS
MOMENT IN HISTORY.
>> HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> GOOD.
>> YOU OKAY?
>> DO ANOTHER LAP.
>> Adrienne: WELL, THE
PANDEMIC KEEPS HIS FAMILY APART
BUT HE'S KEEPING BUSY BY GIVING
BACK.
JOHN HILLMAN'S STORY IN OUR
"MOMENT."
>> Andrew: AND AS WE DO, WE
ARE TAKING YOUR COVID-19
QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
HERE'S ONE OF THEM -- IS THE
VIRUS MUTATING?
THAT VERY SUDDENLY BECAME A VERY
IMPORTANT QUESTION TODAY.
THE ANSWE
(*)
>> Andrew: WELCOME BACK.
IT IS THAT TIME IN THE PROGRAMME
WHERE WE ANSWER YOUR COVID-19
QUESTIONS.
AND JOINING ME TONIGHT
WITH HER ADVICE, OPINIONS,
KNOWLEDGE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SPECIALIST DR. ALLISON McGEER.
DR. McGEER, ALWAYS A PLEASURE
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
LET'S START WITH THIS FIRST
QUESTION AND IT'S A PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD ONE BUT A HARD
ONE -- WHEN CAN I HUG MY
GRANDKIDS?
AND I SUPPOSE THAT WILL DEPEND
ON WHERE IN THE COUNTRY THAT YOU
LIVE.
>> THE ANSWER IS, NOT SOON
ENOUGH.
I THINK THAT FOR EVERYONE WHO
HAS GRANDCHILDREN, IT IS GOING
TO DEPEND ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
IT IS GOING TO DEPEND VERY MUCH
ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT TWO
OR THREE WEEKS AS WE START TO
MOVE GRADUALLY INTO RELEASING
RESTRICTIONS.
SO REALLY ALL YOU CAN SAY IS
PLEASE TRY TO BE PATIENT A
LITTLE LONGER.
WE DO KNOW HOW HARD IT IS.
BUT WE'VE ALSO WATCHED ITALY AND
NEW YORK CITY AND WE ALSO KNOW
HOW HARD THE ALTERNATIVE IS.
>> Andrew: RIGHT.
ANOTHER QUESTION -- IS THE VIRUS
MUTATING?
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION
TODAY BECAUSE JUST TODAY THERE'S
BEEN THIS WHOLE SERIES OF PAPERS
OUT ABOUT A MAJOR MUTATION IN
WHAT IS CALLED THE SPIKE
PROTEIN, THE PROTEIN THAT STICKS
OUT OF THE VIRUS AND BINDS THE
CELLS.
IT'S GENERATED A LOT OF
DISCUSSION WHETHER THE VIRUS
THAT HAS THAT CHANGE IN IT IS
ACTUALLY MORE TRANSMISSIBLE OR
MORE VIRULENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER YET.
BUT IT'S REALLY THE FIRST TIME
THAT WE
HAVE SEEN A MUTATION THAT LOOKS
LIKE MAYBE IT HAS SOME
IMPORTANCE.
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN
THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY WORRIED
ABOUT WHETHER THIS CORONAVIRUS
CAN MUTATE AND BECOME DIFFERENT
OVER TIME.
AND THERE'S KIND OF GOOD
NEWS/BAD NEWS, OKAY?
IT'S GOOD NEWS THAT IT WAS FOUR
MONTHS BEFORE WE SAW THE FIRST
THING.
AND BAD NEWS THAT WE SAW IT NOW.
AND, AGAIN, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHERE THIS IS GOING AND WE DON'T
KNOW IF THIS MUTATION IS TRULY
IMPORTANT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF
THE SPEED WITH WHICH THIS VIRUS
IS GOING TO CHANGE OVER TIME.
>> Andrew: RIGHT, BECAUSE I
WONDER IF THAT IS A SETBACK FOR
ALL OF THE WORK ON DEVELOPING A
VACCINE?
>> WELL, YES AND NO.
PROBABLY NOT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT EVERYBODY
IS GOING BACK TO LOOK AT THEIR
VACCINES AND TO ASK WHETHER THAT
CHANGE IS GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE TO HOW WELL THEIR
VACCINES WORK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
VACCINES KNOW THIS IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
SO THIS IS NOT UNEXPECTED.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S AT A
LEVEL THAT IS GOING TO SET BACK
ANYBODY'S VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
PLANS.
>> Andrew: OKAY, DR. McGEER,
ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO AS WE MENTIONED WE'LL ASK
YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 AS
OFTEN AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, SO
KEEP THEM COMING.
MESSAGE US DIRECTLY ON INSTAGRAM
AT @cbcthenational OR SEND AN
EMAIL TO covid@cbc.ca, JUST
PUT "THE NATIONAL" IN THE
SUBJECT LINE.
>>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
COVID-19 EVERY DAY AND HOW
PEOPLE GET INFECTED TOO.
EXPERTS GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT
AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION IS
UNLIKELY.
BUT TWO NEW STUDIES ARE
SUGGESTING THAT IT ISN'T SO
BLACK-AND-WHITE.
NICOLE IRELAND EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: MOST EXPERTS
AGREE THAT COVID-19 SPREADS
THROUGH DROPLETS WHEN PEOPLE
COME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.
THOSE DROPLETS FALL TO THE
GROUND QUITE QUICKLY.
THAT'S WHY STAYING TWO METRES
APART PROTECTS PEOPLE AGAINST
INFECTION, BUT SOMETIMES EVEN
SMALLER DROPLETS BECAME AIRBORNE
AND TRAVEL FURTHER.
RESEARCHERS IN CHINA SAY THEY
DETECTED TRACES OF CORONAVIRUS
IN BATHROOMS AND HIGH-TRAFFIC
AREAS IN WUHAN HOSPITALS THAT
GOT THERE THROUGH THE AIR.
"ALTHOUGH WE HAD NOT DETECTED
THE VIRUS IN THESE HOSPITAL
AREAS," THE PAPER SAYS, "WE
PROPOSE THAT IT MAY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO BE TRANSMITTED BY
AEROSOLS."
BUT WHAT THEY DETECTED WERE THE
VIRUS' GENETIC MATERIAL AND WITH
NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE STILL
INFECTIOUS, THE EXPERTS SAY THAT
THE FINDINGS DON'T REVEAL
ANYTHING NEW
ABOUT TRANSMISSION.
>> DOES IT MEAN THAT COVID-19 IS
SPREADING FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON
THROUGH AEROSOLS?
AND I WOULD SAY
DEFINITIVELY NOT, IT DOES NOT
MEAN THAT.
>> Reporter: THE IDEA OF
AIRBORNE SPREAD IS SCARY BECAUSE
IT WOULD MEAN THAT SOMEONE COULD
CATCH AN ILLNESS AFTER AN
INFECTED
PERSON LEFT A ROOM.
HIGHLY UNLIKELY WITH COVID-19,
SAYS DR. ALLISON McGEER.
>> IF THIS WERE USUALLY OR MOST
COMMONLY TRANSMITTED BY THE
AIRBORNE ROUTE, THEN WE WOULD
KNOW IT BY NOW.
>> Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE
VIRUSES THAT ARE TRULY AIRBORNE
ARE EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS.
A PRIME EXAMPLE?
MEASLES.
>> IF WE HAD AN OUTBREAK OF
MEASLES AND WE SENT NON-IMMUNE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS INTO THAT
ROOM WITHOUT WEARING A MASK AND
THEY SPENT AN HOUR IN THE ROOM,
THEY WOULD ALL GET INFECTED.
>> Reporter: THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED WITH THE THOUSANDS OF
HEALTH CARE WORKERS AROUND THE
WORLD TREATING PATIENTS WITH
COVID-19.
SO INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT
GETTING THE VIRUS THROUGH THE
AIR, EXPERTS SAY, WE CAN PROTECT
OURSELVES BY CONTINUING TO
FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH RULES SUCH
AS PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND
HANDWASHING.
NICOLE IRELAND, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Andrew: WELL, NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," GRIPPING STORIES OF
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
MEET SURVIVORS OF SERIOUS CASES
OF COVID-19.
>> Adrienne: BUT FIRST IN
TONIGHT'S "PANDEMIC DIARY" WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO MANAGE A GROCERY
STORE RIGHT NOW.
>> I'M A STORE MANAGER AT A
METRO IN TORONTO.
OUR DAY HAS CHANGED
DRASTICALLY.
IT'S A VERY STRESSFUL TIME.
IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR
PERFORMING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I GUESS THAT IS THE SATISFACTION
THAT GETS US THROUGH THE DAY.
SOME DAYS ARE REALLY LONG AND
ENDLESS.
RIGHT NOW SOMETIMES YOU'RE
WALKING
INTO THE UNKNOWN.
YOU ARE KIND OF GETTING THAT
FEELING IN YOUR STOMACH EVEN
BEFORE YOU WALK INTO THE STORE.
>> GOOD MORNING, CAROL.
GOOD MORNING, ADAM.
>> BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE
TELL THE EMPLOYEES.
THEY MIGHT THINK THAT THE
GROCERY STORE RETAILERS ARE
EXEMPT FROM COVID-19.
I DON'T COME TO WORK THINKING,
YOU KNOW WHAT, TODAY I MIGHT
CONTRACT COVID-19.
I COME IN VERY POSITIVE AND I
TRY NOT TO LET IT AFFECT ME.
(*)
>> Adrienne: MORE THAN 26,000
CANADIANS KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE, NOT JUST TO HAVE
COVID-19, BUT TO BEAT IT.
THAT IS THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED
OR RECOVERED CASES IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE KNOW THAT THE VIRUS AFFECTS
PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.
MANY PEOPLE GET A MILD ILLNESS,
BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM
SOME WHO WERE HIT HARD AND LIVED
TO TELL THEIR STORIES.
>> I'M DR. FAVID, AND I'M 66
YEARS OLD.
I PRACTISED EMERGENCY MEDICINE
IN THE
WINDSOR AREA FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
PRIOR TO GETTING SICK, MY PLAN
WAS TO WORK THE COVID CLINIC.
I HAD GOT MY PRINCIPLES
REINSTATED
AT THE HOSPITAL.
I SAID, OKAY, I'LL WORK THE
COVID CLINIC.
AND I WAS WAITING FOR THE
SCHEDULE BEFORE GETTING SICK.
>> AND I'M A BUSINESS MAJOR WITH
A FOCUS IN HUMAN RESOURCES.
I USUALLY LIVE ON CAMPUS, LIKE,
IN A DORM.
MY NAME IS MACK AND I'M 19 YEARS
OLD.
I'M FROM OKOTOKS, ALBERTA.
IN MY SPARE TIME I LIKE TO PLAY
A LOT OF SPORTS AND I USUALLY
PLAY VOLLEYBALL SPECIFICALLY AND
THEN BEACH VOLLEYBALL.
>> SO I'M A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
AND I USED TO WORK IN A BANK BUT
WHEN I HAD MY KIDS AND WHEN I
FOUND OUT THAT MY SON HAS
AUTISM, SO I DEDICATED MY TIME
FOR THEM, TO HELP THEM.
THEY'RE 4.
MY NAME IS JULIANNE LIN-GAMAN,
I'M 35 YEARS OLD AND A
WIFE AND A MOTHER OF TWINS.
>> THERE WAS ONE CASE AT THE
SCHOOL THAT WAS CONFIRMED IN MY
BUSINESS PROGRAMME.
BUT THEY SAID THAT PERSON HADN'T
BEEN ON CAMPUS MUCH AT ALL.
SO I MUST HAVE JUST BEEN IN THE
BUSINESS BUILDING TOUCHED THE
WRONG DOORKNOB AND WIPED MY NOSE
OR SOMETHING, JUST A FREAK
ACCIDENT THAT I NEVER SAW
COMING.
>> I CONTRACTED THE VIRUS FROM
MY HUSBAND.
>> I KNEW THINGS WERE GOING
DOWNHILL BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T
BREATHE.
AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF COUGH
AND I COULD FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF
A WHEEZE.
AND MY WIFE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY
THAT I WAS LOOKING.
>> I HAD A FEVER.
IT WAS A HIGH FEVER AND I
STARTED COUGHING.
I AM TAKING TYLENOL AND ADVIL
AND IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP ME AT
ALL.
>> I GOT VERY, VERY NAUSEOUS AND
I HAD A COUGHING FIT WHERE I
COUGHED UP A LOT OF BLOOD.
THAT'S WHAT PULLED THE TRIGGER
AND I SAID THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG AND
IT'S NOT JUST A COMMON COLD.
>> I COULDN'T EVEN TALK AND BY
WALKING EVEN ONE STEP I'M
ALREADY CATCHING MY BREATH.
MY HUSBAND DROVE ME TO THE
HOSPITAL AND I DIDN'T EVEN HUG
MY CHILDREN THAT TIME BECAUSE
WHAT IF IT'S REALLY COVID?
>> THE DAY AFTER I TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID, THE NEWS
BROKE TO ME THAT I TESTED
POSITIVE FOR MONO AS WELL AND
THE NURSE CAME IN AND TOLD MY
MOM, LIKE, HE'S TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
THEN SHE TOLD MY MOM THAT YOU
HAVE TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW.
>> ACTUALLY I ASKED THEM TO
INTUBATE ME BECAUSE I SAID I
JUST CAN'T BREATHE.
IT'S CRAZY.
THE WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD.
I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL
AFTERWARDS THAT THE DOCTOR TOLD
ME HOW SEVERE IT WAS WHEN HE
SAID WITH YOUR CHEST X-RAY, AND
YOUR AGE FACTOR, HE SAYS YOUR
MORBIDITY WAS ABOUT 80%.
>> ON MY WAY DOWN TO THE
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WHEN I WAS
BEING WHEELED THROUGH THESE
HALLWAYS, I WAS, YOU KNOW, IT
WAS QUIET AND I WAS WITH MY
THOUGHTS.
AND I'M THINKING I'M 19 YEARS
OLD AND I'M A HEALTHY GUY.
I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT POINT IF I
WAS GOING TO COME OUT OF I.C.U.
>> AND THE SCARIEST PART WAS
THINKING THAT I'D HAVE TO PUT MY
MOTHER THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE
THIS -- MY WIFE AND KIDS.
THAT, YOU KNOW, I MAY NOT MAKE
IT OUT OF THIS.
>> AND I CAN'T IMAGINE MY
GIRLS GROWING UP WITHOUT ME.
WHEN THE FRONT LINERS DID MY
GRAND EXIT, IT WAS REALLY SO
UNEXPECTED.
AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT I'VE
BEEN LIKE, LIKE MY CONDITION WAS
REALLY SERIOUS.
I'M REALLY THANKFUL.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM.
>> THE DAY THAT I LEFT THE
HOSPITAL THEY SAID, WELL, I
DON'T SEE ANYMORE REASON TO KEEP
YOU HERE.
[Applause]
I SAYS, PERFECT.
I GAVE MY WIFE A CALL AND I SAID
CAN YOU COME AND GET ME IN 45
MINUTES.
WE TURNED THE CORNER GOING DOWN
MY STREET AND I SAID THERE'S
YOUR COUSIN AND I GO, THERE'S A
FRIEND OF MINE AND ANOTHER
FRIEND OF MINE.
EVEN NOW I GET ALL CHOKED UP
ABOUT IT.
>> AT FIRST I DIDN'T WANT TO
COME FORTH AND TO EXPLAIN MY
STORY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO
SCARE ANYONE.
I WAS VERY AWARE OF SOME PEOPLE
MY AGE WHO WERE
STILL HOSTING EVENTS AND STILL
HOSTING SMALL HOUSE PARTIES AND
PEOPLE CAPTIONING THEIR POST AS
COVID HAS NOTHING ON ME.
AND I WAS LIKE, COVID DOES HAVE
SOMETHING ON YOU.
>> IT'S HARD ON EVERYBODY --
BUSINESSES AND I'M SURE THAT ALL
OF THE PARENTS ARE EXHAUSTED AND
TRYING TO ENTERTAIN THEIR KIDS.
THIS VIRUS IS SO UNPREDICTABLE.
SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT IF
THEY OPEN UP TOO SOON AND
LIFTING SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS
THAT WE MAY HAVE A SECOND SURGE
BECAUSE THIS VIRUS IS DEADLY AND
IT CAN TURN IN A HEARTBEAT.
>> Andrew: NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL"... WARNINGS AFTER A
HUGE JUMP IN HOUSEHOLD
POISONINGS.
HOW TO KEEP YOUR HOUSE CLEAN
WHILE KEEPING SAFE.
(*)
>> Andrew: FROM BURNING EYES
AND TROUBLE BREATHING TO
CHILDREN DRINKING HAND
SANITIZER.
SOME CANADIANS ARE TRYING TO
KEEP THEIR HOMES COVID-FREE ARE
ACCIDENTALLY POISONING
THEMSELVES WITH CLEANING
PRODUCTS.
ROSA MARCHITELLI HAS MORE ON THE 
SPICE IN CASES AND HOW TO
DISINFECT SAFELY.
>> I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THE DANGER OF ACCIDENTAL
MIXING OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF
HOUSEHOLD DISINFECTANTS.
JIM CHAN, A LONG-TIME PUBLIC
HEALTH SECTOR AND HEALTH
CONSULTANT HAS SEEN
IT ALL OVER THE YEARS.
>> A LADY USED MIXING VINEGAR
AND CHLORINE BLEACH IN A BUCKET
AND TRIED TO CLEAN, YOU KNOW,
THE CARPET AT HOME.
LARGE VOLUME OF CHLORINE GAS,
YOU KNOW, BEING MANUFACTURED.
AND IN THE MOST SERIOUS CASE
THAT COULD BE FATAL.
>> Reporter: CALLS LIKE THAT
TO POISON CENTRES ACROSS COUNTRY
HAVE JUMPED FROM THIS TIME LAST
YEAR.
ACCORDING TO HEALTH CANADA,
FEBRUARY AND MARCH RECORDED A
58% INCREASE IN REPORTED
POISONINGS, RELATED TO BLEACHES,
DISINFECTANTS AND HAND
SANITIZERS AND CHLORINE AND
CHLORAMINE GASES.
CASES WHERE PEOPLE MIXED THE
WRONG COMBINATION OF CLEANING
CHEMICALS OR ACCIDENTALLY INGEST
THEM.
HEALTH CANADA SAYS THAT IT'S
HAPPENING IF ARE A FEW REASONS.
THERE ARE MORE CLEANING PRODUCTS
AROUND THE HOUSE AS PEOPLE STOCK
UP, MORE EXPOSURE TO THOSE
PRODUCTS AS PEOPLE CLEAN AND
DISINFECT MORE OFTEN.
AND MANY OF US, INCLUDING
CHILDREN, ARE SPENDING MORE TIME
AT HOME.
>> OKAY, MOMMY IS CLEANING WITH
THE RED BUCKET.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
RED MEANS?
>> STOP.
>> Reporter: SUE WALLACE IS
WELL AWARE OF THE DANGERS AND
TAKES PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP HER
TWO YOUNG KIDS SAFE WHILE ALSO
TRYING
TO ALSO KEEP THE HOUSE VIRUS
FREE.
>> THEY'RE AT THAT AGE THAT
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN A COUPLE
MINUTES STILL.
>> Reporter: CHAN SAYS TO
AVOID MIXING BLEACH WITH
ANYTHING BUT WATER AND DON'T LET
CHILDREN TO GET AHOLD OF HAND
SANITIZER.
>> IT CAN BE QUITE SERIOUS.
>> Reporter: WITH SO MUCH
MISINFORMATION ONLINE, CHAN SAYS
THAT CANADIANS SHOULD FOLLOW
ADVICE ON HOW TO
THOROUGHLY CLEAN AND DISINFECT
FROM RELIABLE SOURCES LIKE
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES.
HE RECOMMENDS THE U.S. CENTRES
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION.
ROSA MARCHITELLI, CBC NEWS,
CALGARY.
>> Andrew: OKAY, REMEMBER
CAPTAIN TOM, THE SECOND WORLD
WAR VET RAISED MILLIONS FOR THE
U.K. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.
NEXT MEET JOHN HILLMAN, ANOTHER
VET LIVING IN B.C. WHO IS
PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF.
BUT FIRST --
>> Adrienne: STAFF AT THIS
SENIORS' HOME IN QUÉBEC MADE AN
EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICE TO KEEP
COVID OUT, LEAVING THEIR OWN
FAMILIES BEHIND AND MOVING IN
FOR A MONTH.
>> THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR
FAMILIES AND WE JUST WANTED THEM
TO HAVE THE NORMAL.
WE WENT TO HELP THEM AND WE HAD
OUR WALK OUTSIDE.
WE COULD BE IN CONTACT SINCE WE
WERE ALL CLEAR AFTER OUR 14 DAYS
THAT WE COULD HUG IF THEY WANTED
TO HUG SOMEBODY AND SOMEONE TO
TALK TO.
IT WENT VERY WELL.
>> Adrienne: STAFF RETURNED TO
THEIR OWN FAMILIES THIS PAST
WEEKEND.
WALLACE SAID THAT SHE WAS HAPPY
TO BE HOME, BUT LEAVING THE
RESIDENTS IS WRENCHING.
>> THESE PEOPLE ARE SPECIAL, AND
IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR
CARE.
IT'S NOT AS HARD AS PEOPLE SEEM
TO THINK THAT IT IS.
IT'S LOVE.
(*)
>> Adrienne: REMEMBER THIS
MAN?
WELL, CAPTAIN TOM MOORE WALKED
THE LENGTH OF HIS U.K. GARDEN
AND RAISING OVER £32 MILLION FOR
THE N.H.F.
AND NOW JOHN HILLMAN, A
101-YEAR-OLD VETERAN LIVING IN
B.C., IS FOLLOWING IN THOSE
STORIED FOOTSTEPS.
SO HILLMAN HAS PLEDGED TO WALK
101 LAPS AROUND HIS GARDEN OF
HIS B.C. RETIREMENT HOME,
AVERAGING ABOUT FIVE LAPS PER
DAY, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF
RAISING $101,000 FOR CHARITY AND
THAT IS OUR "MOMENT."
(*)
>> I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY
WATCHING CAPTAIN TOM ON THE
BRITISH NEWS.
AND THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, I'M
101, AND I'VE SERVED A VERY FULL
AND EVENTFUL LIFE.
I THINK THAT IT'S ABOUT TIME
THAT I DI GIVE SOMETHING BACK.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT DURING THE WAR
THAT I HAD AN ANGEL SITTING ON
EACH SHOULDER LOOKING AFTER ME.
BUT 101, IT'S A GOOD WALK TO BE
DOING.
>> THERE YOU ARE.
>> WE HAVE THE GOAL OF $101,000,
THAT'S THE GOAL.
I WILL KEEP GOING AS LONG AS I
CAN.
[Applause]
>> HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> GOOD.
>> YOU OKAY?
>> DO ANOTHER LAP.
[laughter]
[laughter]
>> Andrew: ANOTHER FIVE.
>> Adrienne: SO WHAT YOU
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JOHN HILLMAN
IS THAT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
HE WAS A PERMANENT FLAG
SERGEANT.
THIS IS ALSO A MAN MARRIED TO
HIS WIFE FOR 78 YEARS.
SHE MOVED INTO A CARE HOME JUST
BEFORE COVID.
HE USED TO TAKE A BUS TO GO SEE
HER FOUR TIMES A WEEK, AND HE
CAN'T NOW.
SO ALL OF THE LOVE THAT HE GETS
BACK FROM EVERYONE ELSE THERE
MATTERS A LOT.
>> Andrew: YEAH AND I HAVE TO
SAY THAT ANYONE THAT HITS THE
RIPE OLD AGE OF 101 AND SAY TO
THEMSELVES, I STILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO GIVE BACK TO THE
WORLD, THAT'S A GUY WHO IS
A-OKAY IN MY BOOK.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS
TUESDAY, MAY 5th.
