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Feb 2021
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Short Cuts #297 - Vax Canadiana

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Canadian media have lost the plot around the vaccine rollout. And a Montreal-based website makes the list of COVID-19 conspiracy theory superspreaders.

Globe and Mail health columnist André Picard co-hosts.

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