A Public Health Agency (PHA) report says that more than 45% of Canadians got COVID-19..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the infection rate was much higher than the government forecasted when they ordered lockdowns and other restrictions, such as social distancing..“Almost half of respondents, 45%, report they have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic,” said the report Use of Public Health Measures, Advice and Risk Assessment Survey. .“Eleven percent had multiple infections.” .More Canadians, 89%, said they “suspected I had COVID” but were not so sick they visited a doctor or took a test..The PHA gave Abacus Data $172,237 to conduct the survey. The results came from surveying 6,200 people from all over Canada..The department of Health has declined comment on the actual infection rate. The department cannot “see into every Canadian household to determine whether John Doe’s sniffles are indeed COVID-19,” spokesperson Anna Maddison earlier told Blacklock’s. .“Case counts are underestimated because not every case of the sniffles is tested.”.The PHA said that if people followed lockdowns and other public health orders from the start of the pandemic, only 10% of Canadians would get the virus..“Canada is aiming for strong epidemic control over the course of the pandemic with less than 10% of the population infected overall,” Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer, told reporters on June 29, 2020. .“Transmission is largely under control.”.“We are using modelling to identify the combinations and intensity of public health measures we need to maintain control, stamp outbreaks and prevent a widespread resurgence of cases,” said Tam. .“Models provide a prediction of what could happen under hypothetical scenarios, allowing us to drive our public health actions towards a best possible outcome.”.So far, the PHA says 4,703,476 people in Canada got the virus, which is about 12% of the population. This does not count the people who felt a little sick and did not get tested or see a doctor..Scientists ridiculed the PHA's forecast that only 10% of people would get sick..“There is no way this pandemic will magically stop at a 10% infection rate,” Professor Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa’s School of Epidemiology said in an interview at the time. .“There is no way. I think they recognize how stupid that is and realize it is unscientific rubbish.”.On April 14, 2020, Professor Attaran told the Commons Health committee that he thought that over half of Canadians might get COVID-19 before it was over..“It’s going to be somewhere around half the population that has to be exposed, perhaps more,” said Attaran..“Nearly all of us, probably 99% or something like that, have not met the virus and have not developed immunity to it. A very large percentage of us are going to get the virus, not just the 10% in the Public Health Agency’s estimation.”.The PHA’s deputy chief Dr. Howard Njoo, in a 2020 YouTube interview, admitted “up to 70% of the population” was likely to become infected as the pandemic ran its course. .Dr. Tam in 2022 also acknowledged the 10% forecast was “only the tip of the iceberg.”
A Public Health Agency (PHA) report says that more than 45% of Canadians got COVID-19..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the infection rate was much higher than the government forecasted when they ordered lockdowns and other restrictions, such as social distancing..“Almost half of respondents, 45%, report they have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic,” said the report Use of Public Health Measures, Advice and Risk Assessment Survey. .“Eleven percent had multiple infections.” .More Canadians, 89%, said they “suspected I had COVID” but were not so sick they visited a doctor or took a test..The PHA gave Abacus Data $172,237 to conduct the survey. The results came from surveying 6,200 people from all over Canada..The department of Health has declined comment on the actual infection rate. The department cannot “see into every Canadian household to determine whether John Doe’s sniffles are indeed COVID-19,” spokesperson Anna Maddison earlier told Blacklock’s. .“Case counts are underestimated because not every case of the sniffles is tested.”.The PHA said that if people followed lockdowns and other public health orders from the start of the pandemic, only 10% of Canadians would get the virus..“Canada is aiming for strong epidemic control over the course of the pandemic with less than 10% of the population infected overall,” Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer, told reporters on June 29, 2020. .“Transmission is largely under control.”.“We are using modelling to identify the combinations and intensity of public health measures we need to maintain control, stamp outbreaks and prevent a widespread resurgence of cases,” said Tam. .“Models provide a prediction of what could happen under hypothetical scenarios, allowing us to drive our public health actions towards a best possible outcome.”.So far, the PHA says 4,703,476 people in Canada got the virus, which is about 12% of the population. This does not count the people who felt a little sick and did not get tested or see a doctor..Scientists ridiculed the PHA's forecast that only 10% of people would get sick..“There is no way this pandemic will magically stop at a 10% infection rate,” Professor Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa’s School of Epidemiology said in an interview at the time. .“There is no way. I think they recognize how stupid that is and realize it is unscientific rubbish.”.On April 14, 2020, Professor Attaran told the Commons Health committee that he thought that over half of Canadians might get COVID-19 before it was over..“It’s going to be somewhere around half the population that has to be exposed, perhaps more,” said Attaran..“Nearly all of us, probably 99% or something like that, have not met the virus and have not developed immunity to it. A very large percentage of us are going to get the virus, not just the 10% in the Public Health Agency’s estimation.”.The PHA’s deputy chief Dr. Howard Njoo, in a 2020 YouTube interview, admitted “up to 70% of the population” was likely to become infected as the pandemic ran its course. .Dr. Tam in 2022 also acknowledged the 10% forecast was “only the tip of the iceberg.”
