Canadian public health experts urge implementation of an expanded surveillance system that goes beyond current clinical and outbreak management platforms.
Image Credit: Facebook/Renee Merrifield Wasylyk April 30, 2021 - 7:00 AM The B.C. Liberal Health critic Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield is under fire for making dubious claims and suggestions about COVID-19 to the media amid a global pandemic. Merrifield was quoted in a Kelowna publication touting the benefits of vitamin D, being fit and keeping healthy to help fight off COVID-19”. In a recent KelownaNow article she shared to her Facebook page on Saturday, April 24, she suggested such actions actually prevent COVID. Preventative measures are huge,” she is quoted in the article. “I take 5,000 international units a day of vitamin D because there s a direct correlation between it boosting your immune system and fighting off COVID.