As Canadians head into the second year of pandemic restrictions and some provinces are increasing lockdown measures to try and minimize hospital overwhelm, some voices in health care and emergency measure administration are calling for a different approach. Dr. Matt Strauss, a critical care physician in Ontario and assistant professor at Queen’s University’s School of Medicine, says lockdowns are unethical and violate the Charter. Moreover, they only cut case numbers over the short term and their effectiveness in preventing mortality remains inconclusive, he told The Epoch Times. “Everyone’s risk is not the same,” Dr. Strauss said. “So if I cut down the case rates in healthy 18-year-olds, I probably haven’t saved any lives. But if I can cut them for 80-year-olds in nursing homes, I’ve probably saved lots and lots of lives.” Informed by a growing body of real-world data on lockdowns and similar restrictions on schools and businesses—dubbed non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)—Strauss penned …