Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustee Nili Kaplan-Myrth went on a rant when asked to defend her arguments about why mask requirements in schools should return. .“But I have to start right off the bat by correcting the misinformation you just said,” said Kaplan-Myrth in a Tuesday interview on The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll on 580 CFRA. .“COVID is not gone.” .Kaplan-Myrth was referencing Carroll's claim that COVID-19 is "not the main problem" in Canada. When introducing Kaplan-Myrth to his show, Carroll said she had recieved "some pretty nasty comments from people" for wanting to bring mask mandates back to schools..Kaplan-Myrth said COVID-19, influenza, and RSV are still spreading in Canada. Carroll corrected her when she misquoted a study from Johns Hopkins University about RSV, but she interrupted him. .The school board trustee went on to say there needs to be a layered approach. She said, “we should be doing all the things, using all the tools that we have to help to keep children out of hospitals.” .Carroll attempted to interject, but she demanded he not interrupt her. .“Then I won’t do the interview,” she said. .Carroll then hung up on her. He responded by saying “this is the kind of anger we don’t need right now.” .He said COVID-19 is not the main problem. COVID-19 is not filling up ICUs. .“This is why she gets angry emails and angry texts,” he said. .“That attitude, accusing me of misinformation, goes on an anger rant, won’t even let me respond.” .Kaplan-Myrth said on The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVO in September Ontario is not back to normal. .READ MORE: WATCH: Ottawa doctor claims returning to pre-pandemic 'normal' is 'far-right language'.“The language you use when you say something like normal is far-right language of anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, and ableists who disregard the impact of COVID on seniors, on children, on educators, on essential workers, on healthcare workers, on our healthcare crisis,” she said. .“There’s nothing normal about getting COVID, repeated infections, children and adults being hospitalized, and long COVID.”
