Who are “we”?: Negotiating public health authority and citizen responsibility in British Columbia’s COVID-19 communication

In British Columbia, Canada, public health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry’s pandemic communication has been widely commended as key to that province’s relatively successful efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Tworek et al. (2020) praise Henry’s “pro-social” discourse for promoting individual citizen autonomy in making responsible decisions to support both personal and collective health.