{"id":7361,"date":"2020-01-31T10:14:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T15:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crto.on.ca\/?p=7361"},"modified":"2020-01-31T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T15:15:07","slug":"fighting-fear-with-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crto.on.ca\/fr\/members-blog\/fighting-fear-with-fact\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Fear with Fact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are once again finding ourselves in the midst of a dual epidemic \u2013 one created by a Novel Coronavirus and the other generated by increasingly common panic.\u00a0 I am always amazed that despite the availability of considerable credible evidence that people still would rather believe their next-door neighbor\u2019s cousin\u2019s ex-wife (who just happens to be a hairdresser). Unfortunately, when people act on misinformation it can &#8211; at best &#8211; cause them to waste their time and money (think face masks flying off the shelves) and &#8211; at worst &#8211; lead to discrimination and a delay implementing appropriate containment measures.<\/p>\r\n<p>RTs are on the front lines during this most recent outbreak and have an essential role to play in dispelling the myths and misconceptions. Employers, the CRTO, RTSO and CSRT are all endeavouring to ensure the most up-to-date information is available on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\r\n<p>Stay safe out there, stay informed, and help others to stay informed. It is not the first pandemic and it definitely won\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crto.on.ca\/members\/emergency-preparedness\/\">CRTO\u2019s Emergency Preparedness &amp; Infection Prevention and Control<\/a> Resources<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are once again finding ourselves in the midst of a dual epidemic \u2013 one created by a Novel Coronavirus and the other generated by increasingly common panic.\u00a0 I am always amazed that despite the availability of considerable credible evidence that people still would rather believe their next-door neighbor\u2019s cousin\u2019s ex-wife (who just happens to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,25,15,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members-blog","category-practice-blog","category-public-blog","category-students-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fighting Fear with Fact - CRTO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"RTs are on the front lines during this most recent outbreak and have an essential role to play in dispelling the myths and misconceptions. 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