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Warren Bell

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Warren Bell is a family physician who lives in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. He is Past Founding President of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

73 Articles

Canada is at a crossroads and the Wet’suwet’en are in its crosshairs

The Wet’suwet’en still have access to a pure, clean water supply, unlike so many other Indigenous Nations. Why risk adding them to the list of those burdened with boil water advisories?
Opinion | January 21st 2022

The good, the bad and the downright ugly of COVID PPE

What the average person rarely thinks about is the massive impact PPE is having on the already vast waste stream of plastic, particularly in industrialized societies, writes columnist Warren Bell.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | July 30th 2021

The pandemic isn’t really caused by a virus — it's caused by us

Human behaviour is finally on the table as a factor in epidemic coronavirus infection, writes family physician Warren Bell.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | January 19th 2021

How to rebuild after the economic pain from COVID-19? Study Cuba

Whatever one believes about Fidel Castro and his authoritarian regime, the response of his government was to embrace science and intelligent and pragmatic policies for recovery after an economic shock.
Opinion | June 1st 2020

Will we embrace the silver lining of COVID-19?

COVID-19 offers humanity a golden opportunity to restructure our relationship with our planet.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | May 21st 2020

COVID-19 has forced us to address who we are

A chain-smoker develops pneumonia and nearly dies — and quits smoking. An alcoholic is informed by his family they’re leaving — and sobers up. It is well-recognized that a sudden, unexpected shock — frequently painful — can terminate a long and apparently unshakable pattern of self-destruction.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | May 7th 2020

Yes, you should be wearing a mask when you go outside

It took months, but North American health authorities are finally recommending we cover our faces when we leave the house.  And that mask can be homemade. 
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | April 13th 2020

Without widespread testing, we're just fighting this pandemic blindfolded

We cannot stop this pandemic if we don’t know who is infected with the coronavirus
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | April 10th 2020
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Politics and COVID-19 make a lethal mix

The U.S. is doing spectacularly badly in the fight against COVID-19, thanks to its capricious and ill-informed president and its patchwork state-by-state approach.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | April 2nd 2020

Letter: Why I voted for Elizabeth May's Greens

Now that we and the rest of Earth’s human population are faced with an utterly explicit planetary crisis, our politicians and the system they work in are mostly shying away from positive change.
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