February 28, 2021 - 8:00 AM
The “unintended consequences” of B.C.’s COVID-19 lockdown rules are affecting a wide range of residents in the Interior Health region, from the youngest to the oldest.
Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Albert de Villiers, said he doesn't have hard numbers showing the impact, but he knows they exist.
“There were, there are and there will be some unintended consequences of the pandemic based on fear,” he said during a news briefing, Feb. 25. “Just the whole idea of being isolated in your house with your closest family. If you don’t get along with them or there are issues that were there before, this will just amplify it. So we definitely have seen more of that.”