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In the hours after her announcement, public health officers from various provinces began echoing the recommendation. "It's a new habit that we're going to have to develop and cultivate. It's not instinctive for us and perhaps doesn't come naturally for us yet to wear a face covering when you leave your home, but we must absolutely develop that habit," she said, speaking in French.
Countries around the world have been navigating non-medical mask wearing in different ways. Spain had previously made masks compulsory on public transit, and starting Thursday, will make them compulsory in public places — including the outdoors — for all people over the age of six.
SharkawyMD My God! This just adds to my anxiety even more!
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SharkawyMD Here’s the wrong way.
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SharkawyMD I am binge watching this.I hope to see a spin off, maybe how to cut your nails?
SharkawyMD Libs want to keep the visual alive. Get lost.
SharkawyMD That's a medical mask...
SharkawyMD How about NO!
SharkawyMD All masks make you sick. Breathing CO2 is what a stupid dingbat would do. Pretty crazy when idiots think this is smart. Society is screwed. When these wingnuts think making yourself sick is a good thing.
SharkawyMD RIVETING stuff... man o man o man what have we come to?
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SharkawyMD Haha that’s awesome... most people run around touching these snotty, moist cloth masks with their hands that they are touching everything else with....they are more of a ‘germ sponge’ than anything...
SharkawyMD Disease Specialist? Weather Specialist? It means someone that doesn't have a degree giving their opinion.
SharkawyMD If you are an adult and needed to watch this... perhaps you have severe mental illness
SharkawyMD for months masks weren’t recommended - now everyone is in the band wagon ... it gives me great distress that not one canadian doctor said the truth 2 months ago ...
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SharkawyMD Too bad, I'm not wearing one.
Welcome to your medical gulag. Coming soon, biometric control grid.
Fire her A— and let’s get our economy rolling and Canadians back to work!
This doctor is a joke
Why
Dr Tam will say the opposite next week. It's what she's good at. You can't be wrong when you say both ways. Yes or no? Yes and no!
Is this satire?
ResignDrTam
Time for Tam to just go away.
Somthing seriously wrong with her head, hahah imagine
It's a respiratory disease. Of course masks slow the spread. How dumb do you have to be to not realize that?
You are all late to the party. I have been wearing one since late Feb! How do you miss the signs of a highly infectious disease?!?!?
I dont like face masks
Personally do not listen to what she has to say!! From the beginning she is being told what to say!!
Aren’t masks racist like closing the borders.
We'll be fine without masks. As long as people dont get too close and remember to not speak moistly, we'll be good.
She just got the order from China to tell us to wear a mask Is it a business deal now China wants to sell more masks !!!!
And yet she isn't wearing one... 🧐
Wear one Don't wear one Maybe you should Maybe you shouldn't Will help protect you No will help protect others from you We are getting tired of you clearly clueless tools
Tam is a very stupid person
Before you say no masks ?but right now you say wear the masks ?why you change your mind ?is not easy can trust you any more ?
Reason they are revomandingmadk mow is if they did earlier there would have been a run in masks and health profetionals would have been left out
No mandatory laws, Im okay with biz making mandatory but since they are not widly availbe they will need to supply. 2 work place must supply employees. Transit canoty denie some one if they are not wearing a mask period
I also recommend goalie pads and a chest protector. Time for a good old game of street hockey!!
Just sitting here on the middle ground watching the masses attack each other obviously Canada is not United you have your blow hards for and blow hards set against ...funny world we live in.
Soooo months ago when the numbers were higher we didnt have to...now the numbers are down and it's recommended?
Does anyone, other than CTV and CBC, take anything Tam stays seriously? The term leading from behind really applies to her.
She has backtracked on EVERY decision and cost Canadians their lives and freedoms. She needs to be fired immediately.
Does she actually know what she is doing?
Gotta keep they nonsense going ! This is purely political at this point.
why didn’t you tell people to do this months ago..😒
It’s also recommended not to listen to Trudeau or Tam.
Dumbass Doctors once again are way behind every step of the way. South Korea and other areas with super low numbers have done this from the beginning. Tam is supposed to be an expert. She said no masks in the beginning now she supports it. Someone new please.
After all the efforts made in staying home.....wearing a mask is so easy. Just do it!
FireDrTam conflict of interest being employed by the Corrupt WHO. her actions show she's not interested in the safety of Canadians
Maybe this should have been the case two months ago. It should be mandatory that stores and businesses should not allow people without masks from entering. “no Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask, No Service” it should be law because social distancing sometimes is not possible!
You kept telling people not to wear, now wear
It is also recommended that Dr. Tam hit the road 👋
Fire Dr Fripfrop Tam
Elsewhere in the news...they also said shutting down the border would do nothing...now they are saying....opposite. Dr. Flip Flop.
And this is why I wore a mask from day 1, if the top doctors are unsure because of lack of information on the virus then I’m sure as hell am not chancing it 😷 maskon ...it hides my RBF better anyways 😂
It really shouldn't be surprising that some Torontonians don't understand the use of face masks. They made it clear from the beginning the masks protect others from the wearer. Put a damn mask on
Hopefully are finally smart and do it.
My question is before covid 19 roughly 90%of the population in China wore face masks......how does it prevent?
Never! The more we bubble wrap ourselves now, the more our immune systems weaken. Come the second wave, or cold & flu season, we’ll have a very sick population. “PLANdemic”
...when unable to physically distance. Important part of the message.
Oh boy! 🤔
Tam needs a mask. If I looked as bad as that. I would want to hide too. She so full of shit, it’s ridiculous. She needs to go, fined, shipped back to where it came from.
As far as I know, people who do not speak French are not allowed to work for the government and even if they hold high degrees, but it appears in her case there is acceptance
Funny to read all these Conservative vociferous comments that sound dumb and moronic.
Oh because Trudeau was wearing one? His entire entourage were not wearing one, but the drama was for effect! I am not a follower, not paid to be like you folks are!
Took you long enough to finally realize this and make a decision!
Your headline is lacking....when social distancing isnt possible wear a mask. Your welcome ctv. Crazy to think I'm a better journalist at 630 in the morning while I'm having a shit then 99.8% of you clowns out there 🤷♂️🤷♂️
She should give up her day job.
Dr. Tam is Canada's nightmare.
At a gas stations they’re not convinced
Recommend but not mandatory meanwhile other certified health experts suggest mask are for people that are sick only, be careful people and be safe.
She lied from day one...China does not recognize duel citizenship.. Born under CCP live by CCP...she has been the snake in the grass and are media is not allowed to say it
Just common sense & I predicted it would happen on day 1 of this crisis. The only reason it didn't happen sooner was that they were willing to sacrifice everyday people to save face & have enough PPE for healthcare workers. Otherwise we'd have potentially bought out their supply
Now I am not trying to be THAT guy, but when we hear “we should all wear masks”, how about leading by example? I wear one as much as possible, btw.
She will change her mind next week.
Should have been done on day one.
Watch this: Before the Wuhan coronavirus there was Dr Tam’s imaginary outbreak This 2010 doc is based on a book about a hypothetical 21st century pandemic brought to you by The National Film board of Canada. She plays herself in the film OUTBREAK'
Hey Tam, if you're so proud of the product why aren't you wearing it then to show how good of a citizen you really are?
He can't make up his mind ? Confused about everything I see!
Recommended!!!!!!
now we wear facemasks. but were opening for business next week. surely we don't need to take precautions anymore ? smh.
Tell Canadians where to buy face masks too
Tam should to cover up those teeth
Fine by me. Glad too wear a Masks knowing it's going too Help. People who want too complain about wearing the Masks can take a long walk on a Short Peer. Proves they don't care for others or who they Infect.
If wearing mask was advised two months ago, will save a lot of lives. Too late
Her first. Or stop show her picture. I beg you 😫
I don’t take issue with the evolving recommendations; doctors and scientists are only beginning to understand this virus. What I take issue with is Tam’s defence of, and uncritical response to, China. She seems conflicted, if not compromised, and I don’t trust her.
So maybe people should have worn them 2 months ago when you said not to and we would have been open for business by now or nah
I knew this from day one and I am not a Dr.
the CCP Muppet Tam's advice ages like milk
Why would I wait for this recommendation? I’ve already wear mask because I’m not an idiot.
Up down black white win lose who knows , racist not racist, coming going
Dont rush, still there is time to decide about wearing face mask. How professional?.
Ive had two incidents of people calling me out for not wearing a mask both didn't expect me to tell them to mind their business. Can't wait to go grocery shopping now and hear all the grumbles.
Just read those comments I know ppl are fucked up
No thanks
If masks work, why did businesses need to be closed? If they don’t work, why are they telling people to wear them?
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That's OK, We got used to these slow-paced and unstable decisions. Thank GOD we have our own minds and using mask from the very beginning.
I don’t think she does worth her salt!
This is a bit ridiculous. Both Tam and the WHO keep flip flopping it makes me think they don't even know what to do. I think I'll pass and stick to distancing and hand washing.
Isn’t too early.. what a joke and she is Canada top Doctor... God help Canada.
We now know Quebec's Deputy Premier Genevieve Guilbault was 'speaking in French'... how about Ontario's Dr Williams ?! Was he speaking English or French ?
Masks for all now instead of a few weeks ago when she said masks were dangerous. I guess now that China has saved face the WHO doesn't need to push for a global spread of the of the virus any longer.
I hope everyone remembers this for LTC. They must not relax PPE use in an environment which is impossible to socially distance in.
Oh my gosh, science changes so frequently.
'The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'' - Ronald Reagan
“Based on what we now know about the dynamics of transmission and the pathophysiology of Covid-19, the negative effects of wearing masks outweigh the positive” -Dr Antonio Lazzarino of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London
Dr. SHIVA Ayyadurai, MIT Ph.D. Inventor of Email va_shiva Scientist. Biologist. Inventor. Entrepreneur. To Mask Or Not To Mask? SCIENCE SAYS MASKS DON'T WORK!!!
This joke of a “doctor” has been wrong every time she spoke! She should be fired ASAP! Can not be taken seriously!
Oh something she thought of today? or maybe heard from a friend in China? See what she dreams up tomorrow?
Like people would have worn them weeks ago anyways.
Give me a break. Enough with the bull shit. Shelter the people that require shelter and let the general public get back to everyday life. You have done enough damage to the economy and society.
Well I wish she would.
No 👎
Two months ago she reported that Canada had a low risk, a huge reversal
So much hate in the comments...
Funny ive been saying this since march🤔
Get bent ... parked car chaser...
It took 2 months to come to this conclusion...
Only in cases ( now that businesses are opening) where physical distancing is not possible. Makes sense.
less than 3 months ago we were told it was 'science' when Dr. Tam proclaimed face masks were useless. Now the exact same doctor, same science, is telling us to wear masks. - Has anyone else noticed 'science' sure ebbs and flows, based on the Liberal narrative of the day.
Sick Canadians should wear masks, to keep from infecting others. But healthy ones should not wear masks, because masks do infinitely less on incoming viruses.
She's done a pretty terrible job of this whole thing and her methods and conclusions should be reviewed by a HOC committee. Her indecisiveness and shifting understandings have costs lives and crippled the economy.
She should resign. Immediately.
Has this ‘quack’ ever been right about anything?!
Stupid
She told us the risk was low, told us to be more concerned about stigmatizing China than the virus itself, she's been way behind the ball since the start.
Absolutely necessary. Simple. An honor mask for all. Manufacture inexpensive but effective and distribute. Easy to clean. Use CTV platform to inform the viewers..🙏🇨🇦..
money thrown in the garbage people gone over incompetence welcome to socialism
She looks lost
Like I’d take a WHO puppets advice
Please. Any mask for this guy.
I will comply....
ladyboy flip flop
I reccomend the Government ShoveItUpThierAss NoMask NoWay NotHappening NoWHO FakeNews HydroxychloroquineWorks Hydroxycloroquine
Thanks but no thanks, you can keep your damn masks. I'll pass.
CTV with misleading headline 24,667.
Well good morning
👈🖕 Hydroxychloroquine works.
Better late than never, eh !
It's now recommended that Canadians stop listening to Ms. Tam.
Goodmorning Tam!
Who is this twit!
Flip flop like a pancake. Are you sure this isn't racist Tam!!! 🖕🏿
Wham bam thank you Tam. Another definite maybe by you and your incompetent witch doctors at the WHO
My body, my choice.
If CPHO_Canada said the sky was blue, I'd go outside and look before I believed her ZeroCred
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You're a little late sis. Lord, has this woman been right about anything?
So is it still racist to question her knowledge and expertise
Why is Canada ALWAYS BEHIND MOST OTHER NATIONS....
This continuous uncertainty from our most trusted health officials is more than extremely concerning. 6000 Canadians have died as a direct result of their incompetence and DrTam is still changing her mind about protective measures.
Stay home if your worried. Period.
My post was deleted by them. Well played. _
Let's just throw a bag over Terrence Tam's head and call it a day.
0.0162% of the population has died. Still 1.5k deaths lower so far than 2018 flu/pneumonia season at 8.5k. Gonna be a passonthemask for this guy.
Wear it cus a mask can’t kill you but the damn Coronavirus sure can.
No thank you. I'm done with listening to her.
she always listens to the instructions from China. There are too many masks made by China, China hope to sell us redundant Chinese rubbish, so China told her to let every Canadian to wear masks
Masks make you sick. Why would you make people sick on purpose. She’s a dingbat.
RULE 8. “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new.
No one cares.
Which goes directly against recommendations of WHO. No wonder people don't know who the fig to believe.
That bitch doesnt know which way is up. Just keep reading your scripts 'doctor'.
Lol I’ve been wearing mine for 3 months
Now? Wtf
Now?
*This message is CCP approved.
Damn Chinese spy
Remember when we were racist for calling to close borders? Good times. We have long memories.
It's about time!!!!!!
Wow, many Canadians already knew this 4 mounts ago, give us something new...
Do the polar opposite of what this commie plant says - epic f’ing fail.....liberal_party cdnpoli
can we get the definition of recommended topoli cdnpoli onpoli
Does she just make shit up as she’s goes...
Dr. SHIVA Ayyadurai, MIT Ph.D. Inventor of Email va_shiva Scientist. Biologist. Inventor. Entrepreneur. To Mask Or Not To Mask? SCIENCE SAYS MASKS DON'T WORK!!!
MAJIC100Ottawa Seriously! I think you should have waited another couple of weeks !!! Is it that hard to use common sense instead of being like a machine?
No thanks. Idiots.
Ya so not going to happen with me.
Is this the same person that said 20% of our population will die in the next 30 days? Asking for a friend
If I hadn't been wearing a mask then my kids, people at my work and those around me at stores would have pneumonia right now. I was also tested for COVID because symptoms are the same. Seems the mask AND gloves helped contain it and not spread. YouAreWelcome
Ive been recommended to not listen to or trust tam. In her own words:
Three months too late. 🤦🏻♂️
No, that's not what she said. She said if you are in a place where distancing is not possible, a mask will offer a bit more protection.
This whole virus things is getting stupid!
Came here to see how many people did not read the article and took the title caption as the whole article
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So many ignorant comments here. As if anyone on this planet knew exactly what to do in this impossible situation. Plus in the beginning there was a short supply of masks of any kind for healthcare workers. Not a good thing to have everyone trying to buy. Canada has done well.
MaxWorldFamous Nope! It is now recommended that Canadians stop listening to this endless bullshit spewed by the MSM. It has become known that coronavirus IS ACTUALLY NOT EVEN AIRBORNE. Therefore it is almost impossible to get via air. The concept of wearing masks at all is utter nonsense.
I understands. When you got bad breath masks are yuch. Mom feeds me tuna and then complains when I wants to kiss her?😼
Or STAY HOME and STAY QUARANTINED still👎👎👎👎👎👎 everything should be KEPT CLOSED, because these Phases are just USELESS, and NO ONE is going to Listen, u watch..plus in A Few Wks. How many more COVID Cases appear. STAY CLOSED, STAY QUARANTINED people.......DUMMIES
So why at the beginning Mr. Tam said no need and no point?
It should've been recommended from the beginning.
What is she not telling us whats around the corner? She needs to go, asap.
She is completely incompetent and Canadian should not wasting our time with her. Please Resign.
It's actually bewildering to see the lack of criticism on Tam. Canadian msm is the enemy of the people
We initially goofed, so now it's recommended to wear masks...of wait, not real medical masks they are unavailable to public but other type masks in case you get closer than six feet, walking, running, biking, shopping, golfing and medical tests.
Best advice is to do the opposite of what she says, she has been wrong on all accounts.
No thank you. I've had my time with the 'invisible' enemy. It is innocuous and soon Tam will be 'unmasked' like all of the other WHO/CH spies in Canada. Done with WHO usurping our freedoms for a virus that is 'less' than a cold and responds easily to hydroxycholoquine. Criminal.
Why only “now”? Why not 2 months ago? The evidence supporting masking has existed before “now”...
Fire her. Everything she recommended has been wrong, then she contradicts her previous recommendations. Claiming new information, despite it being originally recommended by anyone not following the useless WHO. Masks are useless anyways. They increase risks to the user.
No..yes..no...yes...no...no...yes, we meant yes!
Too late, moron! 🤦♂️
Tam’s indecisiveness will result in more infections. CPHO_Canada needs to mandate it! There will always those who try to link wearing facemask to freedom. It’s not. It’s us working together to combat this crazy virus. *follow me!
Now its reccomended? In May
Apparently, it is also recommended that all Canadians become socialists without their agreement.
Apparently everyone except for ShopprsDrugMart employees
Bite me
I get far more entertainment out of stupid peoples responses to this than I should. I miss hockey.
How convenient... When there were shortages of masks it wasn't recommended. Now when lot of manufacturers are making them, it is recommended. Great!
About time! Thank you
She lied and thousands people died.
More bs.
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Mask should be mandatory on public transit!
Public health has long ago been subgugated by politics lies and the sheeple that follow them. ditchthemask
Sorry dr. Tam you have no credibility you have failed our country you need to step down give up your title to dr. Bonnie
How dare you! You have to be kidding me. Watch below, the Tanzanian leader sent a sample from a paw paw, car oil and sheep for testing....all positive! 😂 true! Madagascar have found a natural cure..educate yourselves, if that’s possible!
resign 🖕
Welcome to February 2020, Dr Tam.
Is it our lot in life to forgive our government for not having adequate supplies by sacrificing ourselves for their endemic lack of preparedness? I should perhaps go to work and potentially die because I shouldn't wear an N-95 mask, used by many other occupations, for $20/hr ?
That's fine to say but where can you buy them.
Little late to the party? EH?
please note WHEN NOT ABLE TO KEEP A TWO METER DISTANCE IS THE REST OF THE SENTENCE! Non- medical masks are of limited value, for a short time. Breathe on a mirror with a mask on. Stop using partial quotes.
What a quick recommendation 😉. We all are doing it for long time
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Don't worry Tam we will keep getting the great masks that are infected and defected from China !🙄
Too suggest that it's a good idea to protect others from you, but wear a non-medical mask and don't protect yourself is ridiculous. Under what section of our constitution does it say that a medical worker's life has a greater value than someone else's?
Isn’t this kind of like wearing a condom after you’ve already knocked her up? 3 months into pandemic and I’m supposed to believe this now? No thank you. 6ft and consistent hand washing will suffice.
2 months later....
cficanada That’s a pretty misleading headline. It’s been recommended.... in situations where physical distancing cannot occur.
April 15,2020 “Nope you guys are too stupid to wear mask, don’t even know how to wear them properly.” April 28,2020 “Well maybe you guys aren‘t so stupid so wear masks it you want.“ May 20, “Best you guys wear mask out in public.”
don't think i will at this point.
No
I think not!!! Don’t cough on me and we will be good.
Municipal public health and school boards all follow Tam’s advice. Read the policy now and you’d see how ridiculous this is. When the so called political correctness is put ahead of people’s heath and safety, why is she in the position as the top public health doctor?
Showing Tam with your article devalues it substantially...just sayin
WHO says that?! NFW...unless im in an old age residence/hospital.
For those of us who wanted to wear masks way back in Feb, we were flagged as monsters. “Don’t wear a mask if you are not sick. And if you are sick, don’t go out.” We were trying to protect others and ourselves. Yet, because of her political concerns, she waited until today-SHAME!
'Cuse me, in my neck of the woods that's been a recommended 'thing' for quite some time. You're crazy if you don't wear one, not just for your protection but everyone's. It doesn't hurt, I swear. Feel free to get your 'fresh air' in your own yard.
Yay! Let’s see what she comes up with after tomorrow’s coin toss...
lol. Clown show. And that fucking picture. Hahahahahaha. Can that poor woman look anymore clueless..
Wasn't this the same dude who told us not to wear face masks? 😷
If Dr Sham is a dr with expertise in immunization, infectious disease, emergency preparedness and global health security why is she always getting everything wrong. Where did she get her degree. A Cracker Jack box? She needs to be fired. Her poor advice has killed many Canadians
It is now recommended that Theresa Tam step down...and leave very quietly.
Now you see me, now you don't. Tam has been behind every step of the way. Why she and Hadju have not resigned blows me away.
Nope. My body, my choice. 😁
2 months ago. Welcome to the party ....
I'm old enough to remember when masks caused more harm than good
Please send out warnings on phones please people are just not wearing them I live in Alliston and when shopping hardly anyone wearing them it’s scary
No thanks, I like fresh air.
She has lost it! Find another job
Tune in next week to be told something completely different! Same bat time, same bat channel 😁
Does she even know what the hell she's doing?
Donc en fin de pandémie nos brillants 'responsables' recommandent de porter le masque... Mais c'était important au début de laisser les frontières ouvertes pour faire entrer les infectés. Donc en définitive, rien a foutre de leurs connerie!!!
china keeps changing its mind
Hit ❤ if you're not going to wear a mask.
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