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Who said what this week

“This concept of risk seems to be really lost on people now. People were willing to be very careful at the beginning and now they are just willing to roll the dice.”

Ryerson associate professor Jessica Mudry, who specializes in public health communication, on the problem of pandemic fatigue

“If we have to wait until Jan. 20 to start that planning, it puts us behind. More people may die if we don’t co-ordinate.”

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden on President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election

“It’s just incredibly reckless considering everything that has happened, everything that is going on.”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Trump’s radiologist-turned-science-adviser Scott Atlas’s tweet urging people to “rise up” against her COVID-19 restrictions

“State-sponsored actors are very likely attempting to develop the additional cyber capabilities required to disrupt the supply of electricity in Canada.”

Canada’s Communications Security Establishment on threats from other nations

“They don’t care about humanity. All they care about is making money.”

Toronto’s Paul Njoroge whose wife, three daughters and motherin-law died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, on the U.S. clearing the way for the Boeing 737 Max to fly again

“The virus is spreading at alarming rates in these areas. Right now, we’re staring down the barrel of another lockdown in these regions.”

Premier Doug Ford announcing on Wednesday that new measures will be announced Friday in hardhit regions of the province such as Peel, Toronto and York