Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe: Four Weeks That Shaped a Pandemic

Dr. Bonnie Henry has been called 'one of the most effective public health figures in the world' by The New York Times. But in 2019, when the first rumours of a strange respiratory ailment in Wuhan, China began to trickle into her office in British Colombia, these accolades lay in a barely imaginable future. In a moment when half-truths threatened to drown out the truth, when recklessness all too often exposed those around us to very real danger, and when it was difficult to tell paranoia from healthy respect for an invisible threat, Dr. Henry's transparency, humility, and humanity became a beacon for millions of Canadians. See more