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Dr. Moore supports possibility of reduced, two-week local lockdown

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 restrictions, COVID-19 transmission, Doug Ford, Dr. Kieran Moore, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), lockdown, non-essential travel, Ontario, Ontario government

Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said local politicians could lobby the province to reduce the COVID-19 lockdown

Letter: We’re all in this together – even when we have to be apart

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments Christmas, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 transmission, elderly family members, elderly persons, family gatherings, gatherings, Hanukkah, holidays, Kingston, Kingston Muslim community, letter, Mona Rahman, pandemic, protecting the most vulnerable, stay at home, stop the spread, we are all in this together

The following is a submitted letter to the editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of

Opinion: At wits’ end with pandemic of illogic

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Kingstonist 2 Comments 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Adele Mercier, children, confusing messaging, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 transmission, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingstonist, Limestone District School Board, logic, opinion, pandemic, philosophy, reason, schools, the spread of COVID-19

The following is a submitted opinion piece in response to recent Kingstonist articles. The views and opinions expressed do not

COVID-19: Are outdoor patios safer than indoor dining?

November 25, 2020November 26, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments air flow, COVID-19, COVID-19 transmission, dining, dining out, downtown, fire risks, fuel-burning heaters, heated patios, indoor vs outdoor, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, patio enclosures, patio heaters, Public Health, safety, SARS-CoV-2, space heaters, Winter, winterized patios

As the colder weather sets in, the patios of Kingston normally start to disappear, but, like most things this year,