Scott Thompson Show

Canada’s NovaVax agreement, Variant virus strains explained & A new engineering scholarship for black students at McMaster University

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The Scott Thompson Show Podcast Prime Minister Trudeau announced a tentative agreement with the U.S. company NovaVax that could see Canada producing its own vaccines by the fall. That is good news! However, was such an agreement delayed longer than it could have – or should have – been?  Guest: Tim Powers, Vice-Chairman, Summa Strategies, Managing Director of Abacus Data, President of Rugby Canada - The U.S. will see vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19 shipping to pharmacies in the near future, addressing the problem of distribution. In Canada, our issue is with supply. How do these two situations affect our respective nations’ industries? Guests: Jim Krasula, CBS News Correspondent Marvin Ryder. Business Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University - We have now seen new variations of SARS-Cov-19 – the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 – arrive appear in Canada. Scott welcomed Dr. Isaac Bogoch to the show, to explain how variant strains of viruses spread, as well as discuss