Dear Friends,
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I was sitting in my office one afternoon, meeting with a patient online, when they asked, “Dr. Beck, am I going to be able to finish high school?”
High rates of smoking have been linked to more serious outcomes related to coronaviruses such as SARS and MERS, and preliminary evidence from China indicates this is most likely the case for COVID-19 as well.
Imagine being so committed to a cause, you would walk 24-hours to raise awareness for it.
Women’s mental health advocate and new friend of the Royal Ottawa Foundation, Marc Gagnon did just that.