The Current for July 30, 2020
Today on The Current:
On Wednesday, U.S. lawmakers grilled the Big Tech CEOs from Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon over whether the company has become too big, and too powerful -- and whether lawmakers should try to curb that. And yesterday's antitrust hearings have prompted questions about whether the showdown with Big Tech will be the tipping point for change.
Since the start of the pandemic, fears of a "second wave" wreaking havoc, once restrictions begin to lift, have been on many people's minds But now, the World Health Organization is veering away from that terminology. Instead be prepared for local spikes that can be struck down, whack-a-mole style, André Picard, health columnist for the Globe and Mail, says.
As provinces and municipalities continue to re-open, the question becomes is it better to wear a face shield instead of a mask? Dr. Allison McGeer, a Microbiologist and Infectious Disease Expert at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto explains the pros and cons of all these anti-spread devices.
Richard Antoine White calls the tuba the "underdog of the orchestra" and that mentality is something which has resonated with his own life's story. White recounts what it was like to grow up black and homeless in Baltimore as the son of an alcoholic mother — and how, through music, that childhood did not come to define the rest of his life.