Dr. Richard Schabas is a Canadian physician with fellowships in public health and internal medicine and a masters degree in epidemiology. Dr. Schabas practiced medicine for forty years in a variety of roles. He was Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health from 1987-97. He played an important role in Toronto’s SARS outbreak in 2003 as Chief of Staff at York Central Hospital. Dr. Schabas has published extensively on a range of public health issues, including quarantine. He has been an outspoken critic of COVID-19 lockdowns.