Comox Valley resident Claire Patterson recently returned from Spain, where she has been teaching.
She says what she saw there should serve as a warning to Canadians.
sa国际传媒淭his is a personal video attached to the core message that it is your individual civic duty to practice social distancing, isolation and quarantine measures now. The point of the video was to show that less than a week ago the lack of concern present in Canada was the same as Spain,sa国际传媒� she says on her Instagram account (claire_patty).
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Black Press has reached out to Patterson for comment.
