September 20, 2020 - Globe and Mail
Cases are spiking, but is COVID-19 becoming less deadly in Canada? It’s complicated
By: Kelly Grant
Samir Sinha, the Director of Health Policy Research and Co-Chair of the NIA in Toronto, said Canada’s success in driving down deaths over the summer was tightly linked to keeping the virus mostly out of seniors' homes. “Are we better positioned than we were six months ago? Absolutely," Dr. Sinha said of seniors' homes, whose residents account for about three-quarters of the Canadians killed by COVID-19. “We’re all getting a bit tired of physically distancing. We may not be as vigilant in donning and doffing our PPE because, frankly, things have been okay for a while. This is where we get lax and COVID invades."