Commentary One does not expect good news about the Toronto Maple Leafs. (For those unfamiliar with ice hockey, my childhood idols have not won the “Stanley Cup” since 1967 and seem unlikely to do so in the next 54 years either.) But their employees are getting rapid antigen tests for COVID-19. And if you’re wondering how our inept governments accomplished this miracle, albeit for favoured elites not we ordinary shlubs, the short answer is: They failed to get in the way. According to the National Post on Feb. 1, “It was the product not of a public-health agency edict, but an innovative new screening program launched largely independent of government, and built on surprising corporate co-operation.” The public University of Toronto is involved, through its Creative Destruction Lab (CDL). And apparently the program also benefited from input from novelist Margaret Atwood, which is more than readers ever did. But never …
If the Toronto Maple Leafs Can Have Rapid Testing, Why Can’t Everyone?
February 1, 2021
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