Since the beginning of the pandemic, Dr. Varner has been highlighting important issues related to the COVID-19 crisis in the media including the tough choices parents on the frontline of the pandemic must make, issues pertaining to hallway medicine and restricted visitor policies, etc. Her work has been published in CMAJ News, Healthy Debate, and The Conversation. She has also been featured on CBC Metro Morning and CBC The National— while simultaneously working on the front lines!