Author of the article: Luke Hendry
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 5 minute read •
This graph using public health data for Hastings and Prince Edward Counties shows COVID-19 cases by month and transmission. Close-contact cases are green, outbreak cases blue, local transmission orange, travel purple, and pending grey. Photo by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
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When seen in hindsight, the view is striking.
Medical and scientific experts in Ontario and elsewhere have described how the coronavirus pandemic, after the arrival of virus variants, seemed almost to involve a different illness entirely. People were infected more quickly; younger people began dying quickly, and in greater numbers; entire households fell ill.