In today’s COVID-19 news conference Manitoba’s top doctor talked about the online threats that he’s faced during the pandemic.
Dr. Brent Roussin says that he’s received many threats against him and his family, that he’s been in contact with security and the police about.
“There's been suspicious activity reported to me around my house, where I’ve been in contact with law enforcement.”
Roussin says the threats have increased over the third wave of the pandemic.
"I think email type threats or at least low-level threats were pretty common throughout all stages of the pandemic. So that was probably daily or at least weekly. During this third wave, things have been stretching out, so I've been getting more and more severe ones, ones that have been reported to me that people have seen in social media that have had some law enforcement involvement in it.”
Roussin said he hopes the threats decline as Manitoba starts to reopen.
