The "People's Microbiologist"

Dr. Donald Low

This week's death of SARS doctor Donald Low hits close to home for Thunder Bay's Dr. David Williams.   Williams worked side by side with Low during the SARS crisis in Toronto in 2003. Williams credits Low with keeping the public calm during the crisis, calling him the people's microbiologist.  He says Low was able to explain complicated technical health issues in a very down to earth  manner which won the confidence of the public.  Williams says it was ironic that he heard about Dr. Low's death in the very building where he first met him.