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The superspreader events that governments let happen


The superspreader events that governments let happen
Nora Loreto: Scientists warned about the danger of superspreader events in workplaces. But across Canada, politicians did little to address them with catastrophic results.
By Nora Loreto
April 16, 2021
Whistler was the site of a massive superspreader event that fuelled B.C. s third wave (CP/Jonathan Hayward)
When British Columbia’s provincial medical officer Bonnie Henry gave the green light for skiers to hit Whistler’s slopes last Feb. 5, the resort town was already dealing with a lot of COVID-19 cases. With about 12,000 permanent residents and many seasonal staff, Whistler had had 547 infections the month previous, a rate of 2,193 cases per 100,000 people. ....

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Opinion: The urgent need for widespread rapid testing


Opinion: The urgent need for widespread rapid testing
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A medical worker performs a COVID-19 swab test upon a woman at a rapid-testing station at the Panagia Evangelistria Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus capital Nicosia on Jan. 29.
The following open letter arguing for the adoption of widespread rapid testing in Canada was signed by 28 members of the medical and business communities.
As the second wave of the pandemic continues, infection rates and hospitalizations are rising in many parts of Canada. Both lives and livelihoods are tragically being lost each day.
In a response that was previously unimaginable, many Canadians were prohibited from gathering to see friends and family over the holidays, and many businesses are again forced to close in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. In Quebec, a curfew has been put in place for the first time and Ontario has now implemented an ....

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Life returning to normal in Australian state of six million people


Winnipeg Free Press
Short-term pain, virus-free gain
Life returning to normal in Australian state of six million people after 38 days without a single case; infectious-disease experts turning up volume on COVID-Zero  approach
By: Danielle Da Silva
| Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Dec. 11, 2020
Last Modified: 10:00 PM CST Friday, Dec. 11, 2020
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Stephen Duckett is preparing to host 20 of his friends and family at his home this week for dinner. It’s summer in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia, and for six consecutive weeks, the state of Victoria, with a population of more than six million, hasn’t recorded a single case of COVID-19. ....

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