COVID -19 has taught us a lot of lessons, but the “Freedom to choose” was Dr. Cooke’s message to the audience during this episode of The OHP. Despite the rhetoric being promulgated through the media and news outlets, the right to choose what’s best for oneself lays inherent to the individual…. As long as they’ve taken the needed steps to educate themselves on the facts and data surrounding COVID-19.

Within this episode, we discuss various topics regarding the virus such as public lack of trust for government data/infection rates, the spread of the virus, clinician burnout, and theories as to where the virus emerged from.